#Varahi mantra in tamil full#

Varahi is often depicted pot-bellied and with full breasts, while most all other Matrikas вЂ“ except Chamunda вЂ“ are depicted as slender and beautiful. Varahi can be depicted as standing, seated, or dancing. She wears the karaб№‡бёЌa mukuб№a, a conical basket-shaped crown. Rarely, she is described as holding the Earth on her tusks, similar to Varaha. The scholar Donaldson informs us that the association of a sow and a woman is seen derogatory for the latter, but the association is also used in curses to protect 'land from invaders, new rulers and trespassers'. Varahi is usually depicted with her characteristic sow face on a human body with a black complexion comparable to a storm cloud. Iconography ДЇour-armed Varahi sculpture made of black chlorite stone in Odisha State Museum. Haripriya Rangarajan, in her book Images of Varahi-An Iconographic Study, suggests that Varahi is none other than Vak devi, the goddess of speech. Varahi is described as residing in a person's navel and governs the manipura, svadhisthana and muladhara chakras. The Matrikas are also believed to reside in a person's body. In yet another context, Varahi is called Kaivalyarupini, the bestower of Kaivalya ('detachment of the soul from matter or further transmigrations') вЂ“ the final form of mukti (salvation). The other Panch Brahmas ('five Brahmas') are the gods Brahma, Govinda, Rudra and Isvara, who are in charge of creation, protection, destruction and dissolution respectively. In another context, Varahi, as Panchami, is identified with the wife of Sadashiva, the fifth Brahma, responsible for the regeneration of the Universe. The Lalita Sahasranama, a collection of 1,000 names of the Divine Mother, calls Varahi the destroyer of demon Visukaran. In the context of the Matrikas' association to the Sanskrit alphabet, Varahi is said to govern the pa varga of consonants, namely pa, pha, ba, bha, ma.

Moreover, Varahi holds a staff and rides a buffalo, both of which are attributes of Yama all Matrikas are described as having the form of the gods, they are shaktis of.

Pal theorizes that the name 'Vaivasvati' means that Varahi is clearly identified with Yami, the shakti of Yama, who is also known as Vivasvan. Elsewhere in the scripture, she is called Vaivasvati and described as engrossed in drinking from a skull-cup. Kritantatanu means 'death personified' and could be an attribute of Varaha or a direct reference to Yama, the god of death. The Devi Purana paradoxically calls Varahi the mother of Varaha ( Varahajanani) as well as Kritantatanusambhava, who emerges from Kritantatanu. Varahi, with other Matrikas, is created by Shiva to help him kill the demon Andhakasura, who has the ability вЂ“ like Raktabija вЂ“ to regenerate from his dripping blood. The Matsya Purana tells a different story of the origin of Varahi. Varahi is said to represent the vice of envy ( asuya) in the same Purana. Varahi appears seated on Shesha- nДЃga (the serpent on which the god Vishnu sleeps) from the posterior of Vaishnavi, the Shakti of Vishnu. In the Varaha Purana, the story of Raktabija is retold, but here each of Matrikas appears from the body of another Matrika. In the Raktabija episode, Varahi is described as having a boar form, fighting demons with her tusks while seated on a preta (corpse). The Mother promises the gods that the Matrikas will fight demons when needed. The Devi Bhagavata Purana says Varahi, with the other Matrikas, is created by the Supreme Mother. In another instance in the same Purana, she is described as riding a buffalo. The Markendeya Purana praises Varahi as a granter of boons and the regent of the Northern direction, in a hymn where the Matrikas are declared as the protectors of the directions. In the Vamana Purana, the Matrikas arise from different parts of the Divine Mother Chandika Varahi arises from Chandika's back. When the demon Shumbha challenges Durga to single combat, she absorbs the Matrikas into herself. Folio from a Devi MahatmyaДЄccording to a latter episode of the Devi Mahatmya that deals with the killing of the demon Raktabija, the warrior-goddess Durga creates the Matrikas from herself and with their help slaughters the demon army. The red-skinned Varahi (bottom row, leftmost) rides a buffalo and holds a sword, shield and goad. The goddess Durga leads the eight Matrikas in battle against the demon Raktabija.

Varahi mantra in tamil