The meaning of DEVI is goddess—used in India as a title following the personal name of a married woman.
Sri Bagalamukhi is derived from “valga” original Sanskrit word and “mukha”, meaning “face”. Sri Bagalamukhi is also called Pitambaradevi or Brahmastra Roopini. Sri Baglamukhi means one whose face has the power to conquer or control, ultimate weapon to destroy all the enemies of universe...
There are ten tantric goddesses in Sanatana dharma, also known asDasa Mahavidya(Ten Great Wisdoms), and Devi Bagalamukhi is the eighth of the ten Mahavidyas. She is one of the enraged forms ofAdi Parashakti. Her nameBaglacomes from the Sanskrit word valga (bridle), which later transformed...
Another polysemic Sanskrit word used in the text is nitya, often translated as ‘eternal’. For the first decade I was involved with this tantra, I was totally bored by the word nitya, because I was accepting this narrow range of meaning. ‘Eternal’ was just not an interesting concept to...
Navratri is a significant occasion during which we worship the nine avatars or forms of Goddess Durga. On the fifth day of Navratri, we worship Devi Skandamata, who is the fifth incarnation of Goddess Durga. The word ‘Skanda’ means fair in Sanskrit and is also associated with the...
It is said; the termKunjikasuggests the meaning of the Key that unlocks the powers of theChandi Paatha. The prefix ‘Siddha’ implies that thestotraleads to the attainment of the ideal state. It is also said;Kunjika, here, is in form of the Devi Chamunda, the Supreme Goddess; and, ...
Rabindra Bhavan in Mungpo Na Hanyateencapsulates a sort of mystic experience, that of a woman who’s painfully trying to express the meaning of what she’s gone through, not only when as a 16 year old adolescent she opened her flower to the rays of the sun-god of love, but even mor...
“I would have to work 2 days in advance for all my shoots. The team would send me the script over email much ahead than the shoot. I would go through the same and mark out words that I did not understand. I would read, learn and try to understand their meaning...