Dhyana-mala of the Tantra-sara
p. |
# |
goddess |
color of body (or of body-part) |
other attributes |
holding __(or mudra __) |
190 |
IV |
Anna-purn.a wife of S`ambhu |
molten gold (face saffron-red) |
waist-band |
|
190-1 |
V:1 |
Bhuvana-isvari |
vermilion |
adorned with rubies; smiling; left foot on jar of gems |
|
191 |
V:2 |
Maha-laks.mi |
red rising sun |
smiling |
s`ali-blossom-cluster |
192 |
V:3 |
Vajra-prastarin.i |
red |
on 12-petalled red waterlily in red ship in sea of blood |
vijapura = pomegranate |
194 |
IX |
Tri-put.a |
golden waterlily |
bejewelled anklets & girdle |
|
196 |
XIII |
Ugra-tara |
(blue & brown matted locks) |
snakes on body; put the world into a skull-cup |
broken jar |
197 |
XV |
Uccis.t.ha-can.d.alin.i |
? |
seated on corpse; red-clad; gun~ja-berries-garland; dazzling light |
|
XVI |
Kanaka-vati |
(lips bimba-like) |
fierce-faced; red-clad |
||
198 |
XX |
Karn.a-pis`aci |
black, smoke-lustred (red-eyed; tongue bandhuka-flower-red) |
seated on corpse; pot-bellied; matted hair |
(vara, abhaya) |
XXI:1 |
Mahis.a-mardini |
kot.i of moons |
right foot on lion; keyura = armlets; jat.a-mukut.a; silk-clad |
thunderbolt; trident |
|
199 |
XXI:2 |
Maha-kali |
(red-eyed) |
wearing tigre-skin; garland of severed human heads |
|
XXIII |
Kama-is`vari |
(face moon-like) |
eyen fickle like khan~jana-bird |
||
200 |
XXV |
Kali |
(face dark) |
naked; necklace of human heads |
(tarjani) |
205 |
XXXIV:A1 |
Brahmi |
rising sun in starry sky |
kr.s.n.a-ajina = skin of black antelope |
manuscript |
XXXIV:B2 |
Madhya-ahna-kaliya |
alaktaka-rasa = red lac |
surrounded by 36 Tattva-s`akti-s |
||
206 |
XXXIV:C1 |
Saya-ahna-kaliya |
(face white) |
white-clad; seated on bull in sun’s orb |
(varada) |
207 |
XXXV |
Guhya-kalika |
dense clouds |
black-clad; smiling; necklaces of serpents; earrings of human bodies |
|
209 |
XLI |
Camun.d.a |
(face dark) |
dwelleth in dense darkness; seated on corpse |
khat.vanga |
211 |
LI:1 |
Tarin.i |
(tawny-haired; red-eyed) |
short; big-bellied; Aks.obhya-serpent on forehead |
blue waterlily |
213 |
LI:3 |
Maha-tarin.i |
dark |
tall; big-bellied; earrings of serpents; seated on skull placed on a corpse; staring a tip of nose; residing on hills; long jangha |
(varada, abhaya) |
LIII |
Tripura-bhairavi |
1000 rising suns |
red-clad |
(abhaya, vara) |
|
214 |
LV |
Tvarita |
(dark face) |
crowned with peacock-feathers; clothed in leaves [cf. Parn.a-s`abari] |
(varada, abhaya) |
216 |
LIX:1 |
Jaya-durga |
(face emerald) |
bejewelled earrings; riding lion |
|
217 |
LIX:2 |
Maha-devi the wife of Bhava |
(face like rising sun) |
red-clad, on waterlily on lion-seat in coral-island [atoll] |
discus |
LXII |
Dhana-dayika |
(face red kunkuma = saffron-flower; eye blue waterlily) |
red-clad; ornaments of man.ikya = ruby; sitting on bejewelled throne surrounded by gold walls |
||
218 |
LXIV |
Dhavala-mukhi |
moke-colored |
thin |
rosary of bones |
LXV |
Dhuma-vati |
vivarn.a = pale |
tall; can~cala = tremulous; pendulous breasts; in chariot |
winnowing-fan |
|
219 |
LXVIII |
Caitanya-bhairavi |
100 rising suns |
red-clad |
(varada, abhaya) |
222 |
LXXVII |
Parijata-sarasvati = Vac-devi |
(face white) |
smiling; pearl-necklace; kunda-flower |
lute; jar of nectar |
223 |
LXXIX |
Parvati = Brahma-s`ri |
(face red bandhujiva = bandhuka flower) |
red-clad |
|
224 |
LXXXI:1 |
Praccan.d.a-can.d.ika = Chinna-masta |
kot.i of suns |
naked; garland of bones; standing on Rati & Kama who are engaged in viparita-rati |
(p. 225) her own severed head in kharpara = broken jar |
227 |
LXXXIV |
Bhadra-kali |
(face ink; teeth blue-black jambu-fruit) |
sunken-eyed |
flame-like noose |
228 |
LXXXIX:1-2 |
Bhuvana-is`i wife of Hara |
rising sun (face dark) |
smiling |
(varada, abhaya) |
231 |
XCIV |
Manasa |
white campaka-flower |
clothed in flaming white |
|
XCVI |
Manas-hara |
(face autumnal moon; lips red bimba-fruit) |
deer-eyed; body besmeared with sandalwood-paste; silk-clad |
||
235 |
CII |
Maha-laks.mi wife of S`arngin |
(face vermilion) |
seated on waterlily |
vasu-patra = jar full of coins; mirror |
CIII |
Maha-sampat-prada |
1000 copper-colored suns (face full moon) |
garland of severed heads; (p. 236) pear-necklaces; red-clad |
manuscript; rosary |
|
236 |
CIV |
Mahis.a-mardini [XXI:1 again!] |
emerald |
seated on head of Mahis.a = buffalo |
(tarjani) |
237 |
CVI |
Matangi |
(face dark) |
on bejewelled throne |
shield |
238 |
CXII |
Rati-sundari |
(face gold) |
waterlily-eyed |
|
239 |
CXVIII |
Rudra-bhairavi |
1000 rising suns |
red-clad; garland of severed heads; S`iva as her throne |
kettledrum |
240 |
CXXI:1 |
Kamala |
(face lightning) |
smiling; seated on waterlily; pearl-necklace |
(vara, abhaya) |
CXXI:2 [& CXXI:3 – p. 241] |
S`ri [wife of Hari – :3] |
[rubies -- :3] (face gold) |
"being bathed by four white elephants with the golden (hiran.maya) jars of nectar held in their raised trunks." |
(vara, abhaya) |
|
242 |
CXXIII:1 [& CXXIII:2] |
Vagala-mukhi |
(face yellow) |
[inebriated -- :2] yellow-clad; yellow garland |
holding enemy by enemy’s tongue, while smiting enemy |
245 |
CXXVII |
Varn.a-is`vari |
(face red) |
fawn; t.anka = chisel |
|
246-250 |
CXXXI:1-8 |
Vac-is`vari [LXXVII again!] |
(p. 247 :3 Van.i) white camphor & kunda-flower |
(p. 248 :5 Vac) varn.a-akhya-mala = "garland of letters" |
|
263-265 |
CXLI:1-4 |
S`iva |
(p. 265 :3-4 face red dadimi-flowers) |
(p. 263 :1) with 8 red S`akti-s each holding a blue waterlily |
|
266 |
CXLI:5 |
S`mas`ana-kali |
collyrium (eyen red) |
naked; inebriated; smiling; chewing raw flesh |
wine-jug; severed human head |
266-7 |
CXLII |
S`ulini |
(face dark-clouds) |
riding a lion; "attended by four girls holding sword and shield." |
mace |
267-8 |
CXLIV:1 |
S`yama = Daks.in.a-kalika |
(face dense-clouds) |
(p. 268) naked; 2 corpses as earrings; girdle made of severed hands of corpses |
(abhaya, varada) |
273 |
CXLVIII |
S.at.-kut.a-bhairavi |
(face red java-flower) |
golden-jar-like breasts; red-clad; necklaces of severed human heads |
manuscript; rosary |
CXLIX |
S.as.t.hi = Deva-sena {wife of Skanda} |
(face white camplka-flower) |
Goddesses also appear combined with gods, in the ardha-nari forms :- as, e.g., (p. 276 CLVIII:3) Mart-an.d.a Vallabha-ardha
JOURNAL OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY , Vol. VI, Parts 1-2 (1972-73). pp. 186-278 D. C. Sircar (tr.) : "Tantrasaradhr.ta Dhyanamala".
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goddesses in the Tantra-sara
IV Anna-purn.a http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg13.htm
V:1 Bhuvana-is`vari http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg08.htm
IX Tri-put.a http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg16.htm
XXI:1 Mahis.a-mardini http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg12.htm
LIX:1 Durga http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg15.htm
LXXVII Saras-vati http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg14.htm
CXXI:2 Laks.mi http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg10.htm
CXLI:1-4 {in the S`iva Puran.a, S`iva is wife, not of S`iva, but of a r.s.i}