šŗ The 15 Nitya Devis – The Divine Shakti of the 15 Lunar Tithis
šŗ The 15 Nitya Devis – The Divine Shakti of the 15 Lunar Tithis In the sacred tradition of Sri Vidya , time is not viewed merely as a sequence of hours, days and months. Time itself is understood as a manifestation of Shakti — the Divine Feminine Power . One of the beautiful expressions of this concept is the worship of the Nitya Devis , the fifteen eternal forms of Divine Mother associated with the fifteen lunar Tithis , or lunar days. The fifteen Nityas form an important part of the Sri Vidya tradition. A traditional list, associated with the Tantraraja Tantra , names them as KÄmeÅvarÄ«, BhagamÄlinÄ«, NityaklinnÄ, Bheruį¹įøÄ, VahnivÄsinÄ«, MahÄvajreÅvarÄ«, ÅivadÅ«tÄ«, TvaritÄ, KulasundarÄ«, NityÄ, NÄ«lapatÄkÄ, VijayÄ, Sarvamaį¹
galÄ, JvÄlÄmÄlinÄ« and CitrÄ. š What Does “Nitya” Mean? The Sanskrit word Nitya can be understood as “eternal,” “constant,” or “ever-present.” The Nitya Devis represent different expressions of the eternal Shakti through the rhythm of lunar time. In the Sri Vidya unders...
