LAKSMI TANTRASanjukta Gupta |
Contents
Benedictory verses Anasūyā requests her husband to explain | 2 |
The pure creation | 8 |
The three phenomenal guņas | 15 |
Vyūhas and their saktis | 21 |
Evolution of the material world from prakṛti | 27 |
The six kośas of Śakti | 37 |
The avatāras of Lakṣmi in the six sheaths | 44 |
The three types of Gods avatāras | 54 |
The Sudarśana kriyāśakti | 171 |
Tārikā in the three states of existence viz | 177 |
Anga upanga and other mantras | 184 |
The purification of the body Bhūtaśuddhi | 202 |
Description of the images and the process of | 212 |
External sacrifice construction of the platform | 227 |
External worship Further details with a descrip | 238 |
Various requisites for external worship | 248 |
The fivefold divine functions | 64 |
The true nature of Śakti Lakṣmi | 73 |
Various methods of attaining ultimate truth | 79 |
The secret method of selfsurrender the fourth | 88 |
The course of mantras and their characteristics | 98 |
The origin of letters | 104 |
Analysis of the structure of a mantra and | 114 |
Description of mātṛkā | 123 |
Tārā and Anutārāmantras | 135 |
otherwise called Agni and Soma respectively | 155 |
The two aspects of Sakti viz Soma and Surya | 163 |
The daily duties of an adept | 254 |
The initiation and abhişeka ceremonies | 269 |
The rite of puraścaraṇa the ritual worship of | 278 |
Different methods of worshipping the mantra | 286 |
Revealing the secret mantras of the Tārikā | 297 |
Mode of worshipping the Lakṣmimantra | 310 |
obtained | 317 |
The power of the Śrisūkta | 335 |
The mantras | 359 |
Summary of the four states of sound and conclu | 369 |
Index of mantras | 391 |
Common terms and phrases
activity adept Agni ahamkāra aiśvarya anga-mantras Aniruddha arghya avidyā bala become belonging bija bliss body Brahmā Brahman called cognition consciousness consisting cosmic created creative deeds deity described envisage essence eternal evolve existence fingers fire five four function God's goddess gods gross hands Hari hrim I-hood identical incarnations japa jiva jñāna kāla kleśas knowledge known kriyā Lakṣmi Lakṣmi Tantra Lakṣmi-Nārāyaṇa letter listen lord lotus lotuses Mahāmāyā mahat maṇḍala manifest mantra Māyā meditation mind mudrā namaḥ Nārāyaṇa nyāsa objects ocean offer Pañcarātra perform pervaded possessing Pradyumna prakṛti praṇava preceptor principles Puramdara pure Purușa rajas reciting the mantra represents rites ritual Sabdabrahman Śakra śakti salute thee Samkarṣaṇa Samkhya sattva seat six attributes six divine Soma sound Śrī subtle supreme Sureśvara svāhā tamas tanmātras Tārā Tārikā tejas three guņas Vasudeva Vedas verses Vibhava vidyā virya Viṣṇu visualize vowels Vyūha worship yoga yogin