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The Tripura Rahasya is a dialogue between Dattatreya and Parashurama. It is also called the Haritāyana Samhitā after its author Haritāyana, son of Harita. It is said to consist of 12,000 slokas in three sections - the Jñāna Khaṇḍa (Section on Supreme Wisdom), the Mahātamya Khaṇḍa (Section on the Greatness of Devi), and the Caryā ...
The verses 10 through 12 state the upasana rituals and Srichakra worship, in verbal and diagrammatic images of Tripura, Shiva and self. [40] The verse 13 is dedicated to meditation practice. [ 41 ] Verses 14–15 assert ontological oneness between Shakti, Shiva and Atman, [ 42 ] with the statement that through "knowledge that the self becomes ...
In The Tripura Rahasya's Jnana Khanda, the goddess Tripura Sundari says that the abode of her material form is Manidvipa: In the island of jewels, encircled by the ocean of nectar, beyond the universe, there is a mansion made of Chintamani (wish giving jewel) in the grove Kadamba (Burflower) trees.
The Tripura-rahasya refers to the disciple Parasurama finding Dattatreya meditating on Gandhamadana mountain, near Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. [ 30 ] Dattatreya is said to have his lunch daily by taking alms at a holy place Pithapuram , Andhra Pradesh, where he was born as Sripada Sri Vallabha (his first avatar).
The Tripura Rahasya is traditionally divided into three volumes: the Mahatmya Khanda, which extols the greatness of Tripura Sundari and her cosmic power; the Jnana Khanda, which focuses on the nature of ultimate knowledge and self-realization through the teachings of the sage Dattatreya to Parashurama; and the Charya Khanda, which is believed ...
Parashurama Kalpasutra has its origins in the 'Dattatreya Samhita' which consisted of ten thousand suktas. On instructions from Dattatreya, Parashurama condensed the Samhita to six thousand suktas in fifty parts. The present compact work available to us is of just 84 sutras and is arranged in 10 parts.
The first Upanishad section describes the nature of Tripura - the goddess of three cities, asserting that the world was created by the union of Shiva and the Shakti of Tripura. [16] The three Bija (seeds), asserts the text, are Vagbhava-kuta (peak of creative feeling), Kama-kuta (peak of desire) and Shakti-kuta (peak of power), and text ...
In Hindu mythology, Tripura were three cities constructed by the great Asura architect Mayasura. They were great cities of prosperity, power and dominance over the world, but due to their impious nature, Maya's cities were destroyed by god Tripurantaka or Tripurari, an aspect of Shiva . [ 1 ]