Sri Madurapuri Viharini-Bilahari-MD

[satyabalu]

* I need to know the meaning Pandyaraja pujithabja padayukaley "Odyana peedasthisthe sakalakaley" place for neraval in Charanam.I am told this has lot of significance towards Sri Vidya mantra.

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It is ‘padayugalE’
padayuga means a pair of feet
pAnDyarAja pUjitAbja padayugalE
One, whose lotus like pair of feet are worshipped by pAnDyarAja
It is ‘ODyAnA pEETha SThite
resting on a seat or throne of kuSha grass.
sakalakalE is possesor of all arts.

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'Odyana pEETha' is also referred as AjnAcakra.

[Rsachi]

Sangeethasudha blog:

Sree madhurApuri - bilahari - roopaka

P Sree madhurApuri vihAriNi
Sree rAja mAtangi mAm pAhi || Oh Sri Rajamatangi who pleasantly strolls in Madhura,please protect me..
AP pAmara jana pAlini
kAmadahana mOhini
nAmarupa vimarSini
naTESwari jagajjanani || You are protector of simple folks. You enchant your consort Siva the destroyer of Manmadha. Your divine form is worshipped by chanting many sacred names. You are the queen of dance and mother of the universe.
C pAnDya rAja pujitAbja pAda yugaLE
ODyAna peeTha sakala kaLE
pATalee kusuma priyE
padmarAga sama prabhE
sOmasundarESwara priyE
guru guha samudbhavE || King Pandya worships your lotus-feet. You are the master of all arts, presiding at the holy Odyana Peetham. You are fond of Patali flower. Your divine radiance humbles the lustre of ruby. You are dear consort of Lord Somasundara and the mother of Guru Guha.

Odyana Peetha is one of the Shaktipeethas, supposed to be located in Swat region, Pakistan. It is taken to symbolise Ajna Chakra (between eyebrows).

[rshankar]

Is oDyAna a sanskRt word?
Now, there is another myth that connects mInAkshI to her oDyAnam/oDDiyAnam (the tamizh word - ornate waist belt)...

Also - isn't 'padmarAga sama prabhE' - 'you are as lustrous/radiant as a ruby'? (sama should be =, and not >, right?)

[Rsachi]

ODyANapIThanilayA is in LalitAsahasranAma.
It is there in Sanskrit in this context, perhaps not in the context of the waistband ornament.
You're right...sama means equal to. I just reproduced what was in that blog.

[vasanthakokilam]

What is the meaning of ODyANa? I could not find any references to it or variations of it in any of the online Sanskrit dictionaries.

[Rsachi]

It seems to be a mystical term connected with Sri Chakra upasana.

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Rsachi Ji,
I stand corrected.
*OdyAna* may not be kusha grass after all.

[Lakshman]

Here is some information from the net:

Now Oddaayana Peetha Nilayaa is ridden with controversies.
Some say it is in Orrissa(Odda Desha)
Some claim that Kanchipura which has the Naabhi sthala of Amba is the real Oddayana Peetha(Also that Kanchee means a 'Vaddiyana'(lady's belt) and thus the Oddiyana has been the corruption of Vaddiyana or viceversa).
I would like to throw a different light given my Kundalini experiences
There are four main peethas and
They are: Kamagiri peetha, Poornagiri Peetha, Jaalandhara Peetha and Odyaana Peetha
Now strictly speaking all these are places but in a code language(sandhya Bhasha as the Lalitha Sahasranama is ridden with cryptic words) it means the Ajnaa Chakra.
The first three refer to Mooladhara,Manipuraka,Anahata and finally Aajnaa Chakra.The Ajna Chakra is located in the front of the brain in the mid portion between the eyebrows.(I can sense a divine entity watching me as Iam typing this!). This is called cryptically the Odyana Peetha. I think all the fights going on between various shaktha peethas each claiming that theirs is the Odyaana peetha nilaya can be put to rest(put to rest at the real odyaana peetham which is the ajnaa chakra madhya)
There are two glands in the odyaana peetham one is called the pineal and the other pitutary gland and these two are called in Sandhya Bhasha as Indra Granthi and Varuna Granthi. Varuna Granthi is symbolized as the 'Bindu' and the Omkara starts from here. Odyaana Peetha Nilaya Bindu Madala Vaasini!

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Thank you Lakshman Sir, for the information.
Regards.

[satyabalu]

*Thanks aaaaabbbbbb,Rsachi, RS, Lakshman ...!

[Rsachi]

Lkshmanji
There is a great scholar Pavagada Prakasha Rao, who speaks on DD every weekend on these abstruse topics. He spoke at great length about this subject. I did not want to add so much info. I simply stated 'mystical' and Ajna chakra.
My limited knowledge:
1. Ajna is next only to Sahasrara. When one's shakti is located there, one can wish and make things happen.
2. It is also called the third eye.
3. Shakti Paata is given at the third eye at least in Kriya yoga.
4. It is significantly highlighted in Bhagavadgita also ch 6 and 8.
5. It is important even in vipassana I think.
6. As the shaaktas say, all spirituality is contained in the pursuit of Shakti worship.

I do think the association with girdle and Kanchi's claim are wonderful imaginative geo-constructs, not referred to by MD in this kriti!

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