What is Das Mahavidya

The Das Mahavidya or the Ten Goddesses are actually ten aspects of the shakti or Devi the Divine Goddess. Here dus means ten and “mahavidya”, comes from the root of sanskrit words Maha and vidya in which maha means great and vidya means education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge, enlightening or astonishing disclosure, nirvana.
The Mahavidyas, as a group, represents a vital turning point in the history of Shaktism, as it marks the rise of tantra in Shaktism during the post-Puranic era. The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam also known as Devi Purana in its seventhskandha known as the Devi Gita describes shakti power. This description of das mahavidya powers became the key component of Shaktism.

Das Mahavidya Puja

Das Mahavidya known as ten forms of incarnation of goddess parvati having great influence, is worshipped in tantrik forms by sadhaks. Vamtantra conducts Dus mahavidya tantra puja to appease all ten Goddesses of accumulated knowledge, erudition or enlightenment and who represent an entire spectrum of divinity. Das Mahavidya puja is also conducted to solve unique problems and astrological planetary disturbances.

Das Mahavidya Tantra Sadhana

Out of many of the tantrik puja, rituals and sadhnas, the worshipping & showing devotion to the ten powerful forms of tantra goddesses is called dasa maha vidya upasana. Various das mahavidya yantra and mantra recitation are prescribed for worshipping Das Mahavidya by the tantrics to attain various types of sidhis and for spiritual enlightenment. These Das Mahavidya shaktis are very powerful but involve danger or risk and their tantrik puja according to vamtantra must be done under the guidance of a the spiritual tantrik guru only. Successful completion of Das Mahavidya tantrik puja & sadhana gives blessings and a desirable state to the sadhak. A tantrik guru who is positively inclined uses these benefits as a guide to motivate people for the benefit of mankind.

10 Mahavidya – Ten Forms of Tantra Devi

The major forms of the goddess as described in Tantra text are Kali, Tara, Maha Tripura Sundari (or Shodasi-Sri Vidya), Bhuvaneshvari, Chinnamasta, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamala. These ten aspects of Shakti also know as 10 mahavidya are the image of the entire creation.
These ten profound acquisitions are the most valuable wealth of the Sadhaks which give them accomplishments having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude and also are capable of introducing the infinity to them. These dus mahavidya tantra Devis are worshiped with prescribed tantrik rituals and procedures associated with 10 mahavidya mantras and yantra as a remedy for various astrological measures, attaining siddhis and for spiritual enlightenment.

Dusmahavidya in awakening of kundalini

Kundalini yoga is a spiritual practice and as such spirituality is contagious. Mantra is chanted(vibrated) to assure the purest inner guidance during the practice of kundalini yoga. When we chant das mahavidya mantra we are choosing to envoke the positive power contained in the mind, whether it is for prosperity, peace of mind, increasing intuition, or any other multitude of possible benefits inherent in das mahavidya mantras. The selected das mahavidya beej mantra corresponds to the area of different chakras or the spiritual centers within the body. Chanting of the selected mantra sets vibrations into motion which shall have an effect related to the individual chakra.