Mahavidya Tripura Bhairavi

Mahavidya – Tripura Bhairavi

38.1. Tripura Bhairavi Mahavidya is regarded the terrible and wrathful aspect of Sodasi Mahavidya. Her other two fors being Tripura Bala the young virgin and Tripura Sundari the ost beautiful in all the three worlds. Tripura Bhairavi is generally identified with Bhairavi a fierce goddess and consort of Bhairava the ferocious aspect of Shiva. But as Mahavidya! Bhairavi is an independent goddess" and her #consort$ aspect is not stressed. She is very close to %ali" and resebles her in any ways. 38.&. Though Bhairavi stands for terror! decay and destruction! it is e'plained! she is a coplete goddess not associated with destruction alone. She is also the goddess of creation and and ain ainten tenan ance. ce. He Herr nae nae Bh Bhai aira ravi! vi! it is said! said! is der deriv ived ed fro fro  Bharana (to create)! create)!  Ramana (to protect) and Vamana (to e*ect). Her last entioned entioned aspect – Vamana+ is related to the tantric iagery of the rhythic breathing of the ,evi – inhaling and e'haling. Her

outward breath signifies creation and eanation! while her inward breath is withdrawal and destruction. She represents the nature of ultiate reality which throbs in the alternate odes of creation and destruction. 3-.1. Bhairavi is said to have twelve separate fors each having its own antra and yantra. Herr fors He fors inclu include de both both beni benign gn and and terr terribl iblee aspec aspects. ts. Taen togeth together er Bh Bhair airav avii is a ultifaceted goddess who is not restricted to destruction alone. /or instance! her benign fors include0 Sapath+pradha Bhairavi ( giver of all riches)" Saala+siddhi –bhairavi (one who grants all attainents)" Bhaya+vidvasini (destroyer of fear)"haitanya+bhairavi ( one who awaens consciousness) consciousness) "Bhuvaneshvari+bhai "Bhuvaneshvari+bhairavi ravi ( one who sustains the world)" %aeshwari –bhairavi( one who indles desire and grants gratification)"Shubari ( one causes good )" and 2nnapurneshwari+bhairavi ( one who grants food ). She is addressed by any other naes0 Sristi+sahara+aarini" agad+dhatri! 4araeshwari" and! aganata. She is also the other+half of 2rdhanarishwara. 3-.&. She is %undalini. Bhairavi is also the nae given to a 5ogini (feale yogi) adept in %undalini –tantra. Bhairavi represents the power of speech. She is also described as Tejas the radiance that enlivens the eleents ( tanmatra). She is the power over the senses and eleent eleents. s. Bhairavi Bhairavi is Tapas  the heat of penance that transfors the adept by burning down the base desires and attachents. She is also Chidagni the flae of consciousness.

[Bhairavi is also a title for a female adept in Kundalini Tantra. Tantra. A Yogini Yogini is a student of Tantra, or  an aspirant. A Bhairavi is one who has succeeded and one who is beyond the fear of death.]

67.1. But! it is her force that tends towards dissolution that is highlighted in the Mahavidya cult. n account of her power over the events of life and death! Bhairavi denotes Terror. Shee is calle Sh called d 9h 9hora ora Tara! ra! %ala %alarat ratri ri!! and and hand handi. i. Sh Shee dwell dwellss in cre creat ation ion grou ground ndss (smasana vasini ) and has corpse corpse as her seat. seat. Bhairavi Bhairavi is the destru destructiv ctivee force force in nature nature .She represents the decay! weaness! aging and finally death that occur everywhere! in everyone and in everything. :one can escape her wrath. 67.&. Bhairavi is  Nitya-pralaya the silent but ever active process of aging! decay and death that taes place at every oent and in every aspect of life. She is also evident in every self+destructive habits and attitudes" say as in wrong eating! over indulgence! ignorance! anger! anger! *ealousy! hatred hatred and selfishness etc. Bhairavi Bhairavi is  Apara-dakini  the   the virtual deoness who with her soft hands! gradually and voluptuously strangles all to death. Bhairavi is also described as the wrath of a other towards her children who indulge in wrong or ipure ways of living and thining. 67.3. 2nd! she is also  Maha-pralaya the great dissolution at the end of the cycle when all things are consued by fire and dissolved in the forless waters of pre+creation out of  which a new universe eerges. Thus! destruction has a purpose. ;t is a part of the overall schee of creation and re+generation.
67.6. Bhairavi! the awe+inspiring! is also %ala+ ratri the destructive power of tie. 2nd all things are sub*ect to decay and death in the course of tie! Bhairavi is present everywhere and at all ties. 2s %ala+ratri the dar night! she is destructive aspect of %ali the goddess of tie. 4ray to her for fearlessness in the face of death. 67.=.2ll fors dissolve into the dar night of Bhairavi as %ala+ratri. Bhairavi is thus forless and void" and at the sae tie contains within her the infinite fors. >hen she revels she taes yriad fors. She is the atri' on which the universe ages! dissolves and re+generates itself. The Tantric te'ts describe %ala+Bhairavi as the goddess who presides over the transforation of the world+ fro birth to death and fro death to birth. 61.1. The iconographies iconographies of Bhairavi Bhairavi are any and varied. They depict her terrible for as also her benign for.

61.&. Bhairavi as the destructive force is red in color with her breasts breasts seared with blood. She is draped in red sil. She is bright as the rising sun. She has three lotus+lie eyes. She wears a garland of severed heads! oon on her head! and any *ewels. ;n her depiction with with ten hand handss she carri carries es an assort assorten entt of weapo weapons ns and accou accouter tere ent0 nt0 bow bow and and arrows! noose and goad! sword and club! dru and trident! and boo and rosary. She is seated on a corpse ( Savāsana). 61.3. 2s %alaratri she is blac as night and naed" only covered with sulls of her devotees which for a garland across her chest and wild long blac hair flowing with the wind. She has her tongue out! dripping with blood. She haunts everywhere! but she is ore easily seen where death and ashes e'ist in abundance.

61.6. ;n her benign for! Bhairavi is glowing lie thousand rising suns. She wears a oon on her head. She has three large eyes. Her beautiful beautiful lotus face is lit with a gentle sile. She is dresse dressed d in red –sil –sil gare garent nts. s. Sh Shee wears wears a *ewel *eweled ed crown crown with the crest crest of the the oon. She is adorned with white ges. She wears garlands garlands of wild flowers. She holds a pot of il! a boo! rosary! gestures udras dispelling fear and bestowing boons.

 Mahapadmavanantasthe Paramanandavigrahe Shabdabrahmamaye Svacche Vande Tripurabhairaveem Tripurabhairaveem

Om Bhairavi Saham