The Ten Great Cosmic Powers (daśa Mahāvidyās) |
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¹ Sri action activity Aditi Agni ākāśa articulated aspirant auspicious Avatara Bagalamukhi basic bliss beauty becomes Bhuvaneshwari Brahma Brahmanaspati centre Chinnamasta concentrated concept consciousness cosmic Powers cosmos creation creative darkness Dasa Maha Vidyas Dasha death deity delight denote Dhumavati discipline Divine Mother energy eternal existence expression goddess godhead gods grace heart Hrim human ignorance immanent immortal inconscience Indra infinite Kali Kamala Kamalatmika knowledge known Lalita light lotus Love luminous manifestation Matangi Maya mental mind movement Muladhara myriad Non-Being ocean parā vāk path perception Pranic force prescribed primordial Puranas realisation represents Rig Veda Sadhana Sahasrara śakti Sanskrit Savitri seed-sound seeker Shakti Shiva sleep soul sound Space speech spirit śri Sri Aurobindo Sri Kapali Sastriar Sri Vidya subtle body Sundari superconscient Supreme Sushumna Taittiriya Upanishad Tantra Tantric Tapas Tara terrible things Transcendent triad Tripura Bhairavi Tripurasundari Truth vaikhari Vasishtha Vasishtha Ganapati Muni vast Vedic Vedic seers Vishnu whole worship