Maa Kali dressed with lights, flowers, and the scythe of the shrine.

Sacred Learning

Tripurā Upanishad

Three cities, three paths, the ancient greatness of the Goddess.

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Tripurasundarī, Śrīvidyā and threefold manifestations of consciousness.

The Tripurā Upanishad is heard with the Ṛgveda in the Muktika framework (number 82). Sixteen numbered mantras speak of three cities and three paths, of the Goddess as Ādiśakti with noose, bow and five arrows, and of Bhaga and Śakti as givers of good fortune.

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Muktika 82, Ṛgveda. Sanskrit Documents: 82/108, Rig-Veda, Śākta Upanishad.

Sixteen numbered mantras in the Sanskrit Documents recension.

Muktika 82, Ṛgveda. Sanskrit Documents: 82/108, Rig-Veda, Śākta Upanishad.

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