Fifteen Nityas
The Nityas or Eternities of Lalita represent the fifteen lunar
days or tithis of the waxing Moon. Every has her own yantra, mantra, tantra and
prayogas or ritual applications. The total circle of the Nityas also represents
the 21,600 breaths a human being takes in a full day and night. As such, the
Nityas are the Kalachakra, or Wheel of Time.
The knowledge in this section is drawn from a lot of tantras including the
Tantraraja <varahi.htm>, the Dakshinamurti Samhita and the Jnanarnava
Tantra , in addition to the Kalpasutra, which seems to
be the first source. Readers can even discover it helpful to consult with Sir
John Woodroffe's digest of the Tantraraja (Ganesh & Co, 1971), although here he
fails to present ample concept of the variety of prayogas (magical rites)
related to the Nityas. Yantras and mantras, where given, are drawn from
Tantraraja, though it's essential to level out that the Dakshinamurti Samhita
gives somewhat different versions.
You could find bigger versions of the yantras in keeping with the
Tantrarajatantra on this web page.
The 15 Nityas are modifications of Lalita as purple goddess along with her three
gunas and her 5 components of aether, air, hearth, water and earth. Because the
moon remains itself, although appearing in another way in line with phase, so
too does Lalita. Every Nitya has her personal vidya (that's mantra), yantra and
group of energies (Shaktis). Their names seem within the first chapter of
Vamakeshvara Tantra. Gopinath Kaviraj, a famend scholar of tantra within the
first half of this century, describes the Kalachakra and the Nityas succinctly
in the introduction to the Sanskrit version of Yogini Hridaya. (Sarasvati
Bhavana Granthamala, 1963):
"What the Bhavanopanishad says implies that the Human Physique is
to be conceived because the Sri Cakra, being the expression of 1's own self.
(Svatma). Which means whereas on the one hand the Physique is to be thought to
be non-totally different from the atma, your entire cosmic system related to the
physique also needs to be seen in the identical light. This outer system in its
manifestation rests on Time (kala), House (deha) and a mix of the two. The
exponents of the School maintain that the well-known fifteen Kalas of the Moon,
representing the 15 lunar tithis, are to be regarded as identical with the
fifteen Nityas (Kameshvari to Citra). The sixteenth Kala known as Sadakhya ought
to be considered as one with Lalita or the Supreme Deity Herself. In other
words, one has to really feel that what appears in Kalacakra is nothing but an
expression of what exists eternally as Nityas within the supreme Sri Cakra
itself. The tithicakra or the wheel of time is consistently revolving and the
Sri Cakra is inside it and not without. It must also be remembered that from the
standpoint of an esoteric yogin the tithis are in the last evaluation to be
identified with the 21600 shvasas purported to be the typical variety of breaths
per day of a standard human being."
Therefore Lalita or Tripurasundari is the sixteenth day or full
moon, together with her 15 digits. Every of the Nityas has a certain variety of
arms, the totality of arms (= rays) of the entire circle being 108. As a result
of any unit of time is taken as a microcosm or parallel of some other valid
unit, each of the fifteen Nityas thus has 1,440 breaths (see Bhavanopanishad
<bhavana.htm>). This id between area, time, Tripurasundari and the person is
elaborated at great size and with considerable sophistication by the author of
the Tantraraja.
In keeping with that textual content, the Nityas are the vowels of the Sanskrit
alphabet and are similar with each time and space. For example, if the variety
of tattvas or consonants (36) are multiplied by the 16 Nityas the variety of
letters is 576. The multiples of this number present the number of years in the
completely different Yugas. So the circle of the matrikas and the Nityas is
identical with the sidereal zodiac as well as mantra.
This theme is further elaborated in the twenty eighth chapter of the same
tantra, where Shiva says that in the centre of the world is the Meru, exterior
of this being the seven oceans and beyond this the Kalachakra or wheel of time
which moves in a clockwise course by the facility of Iccha (Will) Shakti. The
circle is split by 12 spokes and the planets or grahas are inside this. Lalita,
says the tantra, is in the Meru, whereas 14 Nityas from Kameshvari to
Jvalamalini reside within the seven islands and seven oceans. Chitra, who's the
sixteenth Nitya, occupies supreme Area or Paramavyoma.
In the Dakshinamurti Samhita, the Nityas are identified with kalas or components
of the totally different levels of deep sleep, dreaming, waking, and full
consciousness or Turiya. Right here it's stated that the Nityas, including
Lalita, are the sixteen elements of the continuum of consciousness, while the
17th Kala is beyond all of this. Each of the Nityas has the respective vowel
letter associated together with her mantra vidya.
Similar ideas are discovered in the Matrikachakra Viveka, as in the table above,
drawn from the Sanskrit introduction to the 1934 Government Sanskrit Faculty of
Benares edition, which classifies the nine mandalas of the Shri Yantra in
accordance with Pramana - means of data, Pramata - the topic, and Prameya - the
article and relates the different states of consciousness to the yantra. See
Tattvas on this site.
In accordance with the Tantraraja, the 15 Nityas are limbs or rays of Lalita,
who's herself pure consciousness with out additions. Varahi and Kurukulla bear the connection of father and mother respectively. The Nityas themselves can be meditated upon and worshipped in numerous varieties and
colors for the attainment of different ends. In daily worship (puja) of the
Nityas, each has her personal and ritual sequence and they are to
receive puja on the lunar days associated with them. The vidya mantras of the
different Nityas under are prefaced by Purpose Hrim Shrim bija mantras and
suffixed with Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah, that is Hail. I worship and
libate the auspicious lotus toes [of the suitable Nitya]. The yantras used below
are these from the Tantraraja while the Sanskrit syllables are the vowel letters
associated with each Nitya and day of the Moon.
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