Matangi
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One of the ten Mahavidyas, associated with speech, the arts, and the paradox of outer impurity concealing inner purity.
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Which goddesses stand as the arishtatra shaktis of Rahu and Ketu?
Where Ketu's arishtatra shakti becomes Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, the arishtatra shakti of Rahu dev among the ten Mahavidyas becomes Bhagavati Kali herself; she becomes Bhagavati Matangi; and for that same Rahu, Bhagavati Saraswati, Mahasaraswati, becomes the arishtatra. So why carry that Rahu always in the negative?
Is Dhumavati sadhana for a householder?
To Dheeraj Saxena ji he says he always says this thing: Dhumavati sadhana is not for a householder at all. Do we not say so — we always say, brother, that that thing is not to be done. It is the gift of the business gurus that in house after house such people do Dhumavati sadhana, Matangi sadhana and all of it. Matangi sadhana, up to a limit, is all right; but her other forms too — the sadhana of all those is not this. Bhagavati Tara's sadhana, Ugra Tara's sadhana — all these things are not for the house, brother; so how can we tell it in the house, how can we tell someone to do what simply cannot be?
Can Bhagavati Matangi or Sarika be worshipped at home without diksha?
One cannot do such puja even at home without being initiated, the speaker says — such pujan should be done only after taking diksha, because this form of Bhagavati is different. And if someone says that Bhagavati Durga is accepted in five forms, one of them Bhagavati Sarika and Bhagavati Matangi, then he answers that all that pujan is done by the tantric vidhi after diksha has been taken.
What similarity is there between Maa Matangi and Maa Durga?
Asked what similarity there is between Maa Matangi and Maa Durga, he answers that there is similarity in all of them; it is not that all are separate. Recite the Durga Saptashati, he says — recite it in Hindi and you will understand from that too. When Bhagavati speaks her words, listen to them well.
Ghee lamps and Yogini offerings after the garland, counted by deity
After the garland is put on, the speaker says at least 13 ghee lamps are lit there, with one red flower and some sweet on a betel leaf in front of each, and the deity's Yoginis are prayed to for removal of the dosh — 13 yoginis for Kali. The number of offering places changes with the deity: 9 for Durga, 12 for Shiva, 4 for Ganesha, 11 for Hanuman, 8 for Baglamukhi, 9 for the Matangi form, 8 for Bhairava. If one does not want to go by the count, at least 11 offerings and 11 lamps are lit in the temple that day.
Who is Bhagavati Matangi, and how far may a householder go with her?
Akshaya Tritiya carries the jayanti of Mahavidya Matangi, whom folk speech first calls the Saraswati of the tantriks. Because she is a Mahavidya, the speaker says a householder without diksha should not do a brihad anushthan or purashcharan of her, but only of her saumya, mool forms.
Matangi and Parashuram fall on the 30th of April, and Bhagavati Pitambara on the 5th of May.
On the 30th of April fall Mahavidya Bhagavati Matangi and Bhagavan Parashuram. After that, on the 5th of May, falls Bhagavati Pitambara — Brahmastra Vidya Baglamukhi.
Which three Mahavidyas stand inside the garbhagriha?
On going inside there is Bhagavati Matangi, who is the ninth Mahavidya; Bhagavati Kamala, who is the tenth Mahavidya; and the third Mahavidya, Bhagavati Shodashi, Ma Lalita Tripurasundari, who is present as Kamrup Kamakhya herself. So know this, the speaker says: whether you are an upasak of the Shri kula or an upasak of the Kali kula, to come to the Kamrup region, to take darshan of Bhagavati Kamakhya and to become liberated in life is in itself a very great mahatmya.
The granths set out the niti and niyam of a Mahavidya sadhana within one's own kul, including whether the kul devi belongs to the Shri Kul
But after the Parvati Gita, when you go into the granths and study tantra, the speaker says, there is clarity on this subject: if you will do Matangi sadhana, then what niti and niyam are there for it? Is some subject of your kuldevi devatas present or not? If the devi of your kul is of the Shri Kul and you have gone off walking into Dhumavati sadhana, then there will be some niyam and nishtha or other. So this is the niti. Into this, you and I should not intrude anywhere. Remember only one subject: that here the Mundi has gone in order to bring about complete destruction, and these are the people of Tripura. Their complete destruction is happening — take your enjoyment, watch from in front, and bring learnedness into yourself.
What happens to people who do such prayogas directly?
He says he does not wish to break anyone's privacy by putting up screenshots, or else he would show on the channel what condition and what state befalls those who do Dhoomavati sadhana, the Dhoomavati mala mantra, and then Baglamukhi with a samput of Dhoomavati — all these rocket-science prayogas at one go. Personal messages come on Instagram, on Telegram, everywhere, saying brother, we have done it, now what should we do, such a state has arisen. He says he does not put them up because privacy would be broken, and even when he offers to put it up with the name hidden, they say brother, do not put it, it will not look good. So too, he says, with people who do Uchchhishta Ganpati, Matangi, Uchchhishta Chandalini directly — it should not be done directly. And if you become fit for it, he says clearly, you will not go searching on YouTube; do not search for the sadhana of Uchchhishta Ganpati on YouTube.
What should be done if the mother of the house is in sorrow?
If the mother of the house is in sorrow, he says, do the seva of Bhagavati Matangi; that is the best. In an ordinary way, do not do the seva in the Uchchha Chandalini swaroop.
Matangi is the tantric counterpart of Saraswati, granting mastery over art and audiences; her Rajamatangi form is sought for political power.
Matangi, considered the tantric counterpart of Saraswati, grants phenomenal artistic expertise and mastery over audiences — the author notes her elevated form, Rajamatangi, is specifically propitiated by those seeking political status and glory.
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