Deities associated with Sri Vidya

Pratyangira

Pratyangira

Pratyangira or sometimes called Prathyangira, Narasimhi or Narashimhika, is a Goddess associated with Shakti, the or  eternal energy. She is described as a goddess with a lioness’s face and a human body. This combination of lion and human forms represents the balance of good and evil.

Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati

Guru is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a “teacher, guide, expert, or master” of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, guru is someone more than a teacher, traditionally a reverential figure to the student, with the guru serving as a “counselor, who helps mold values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an …

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Lalitha Tripurasundari

Lalitha Tripurasundari

Tripurāsundarī (“Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities”) or Mahā-Tripurasundarī (“Great Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities”), also called Ṣhoḍaśhi (“Sixteen”), Lalitā (“She Who Plays”), Lilavati/  Leelavati (Playful, Charming) Lilavani/Leelavani (Having Playful, Charming Speech and Eloquence), Lilamati/Leelamati (Having a Playful, Charming Mind), Lalithambika (Playful, CharmingMother), Lileshi/Leeleshi/Lileshwari/Leeleshwari (Goddess of Divine Play), and               Rājarājeśvarī (“Queen of …

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