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Bhuvanesvari

29.1. Bhuvanesvari the sovereign Queen is the fourth Mahavidya; she is fondly calledBhuvaneshi. Unlike the Adi Mahavidyas (Kali !ara and !ri"ura #undari$ it see%sBhuvanesvari &as not &ell kno&n 'efore she &as included into the Mahavidya grou". AsMahavidya her real% Bhuvana includes not %erely the earth 'ut also the at%os"here and

the heaven that surround the earth. But she is %ore related to the dyna%ics of the visi'le&ord that &e e "erience. And indeed the &orld is her e tension. )t is said; the universe isher 'ody ( Visvarupa $ and the &orld is the flo&ering of her nature ( Sarvarupa $. #hee%'odies all the liveliness and attri'utes of the living nature. #he re"resents forces of the%aterial &orld. !he &hole of e istence is the field of her *oyful "lay; she is #arveshi theruler of all. #he is also Maha%aya the great enchantress.


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29.2. )n her association &ith the "hysical &orld the earth Bhuvanesvari is identified &ith+rithvi &ho &as rescued 'y ,ishnu in his ,araha Avatar. As the %anifest &orld is the fieldof her *oyful "lay it is said Bhuvanesvari is closely associated &ith the five ele%ents( Maha-bhuta $- s"ace air fire &ater and earth "rinci"les. #he "ervades all s"ace theinner and the outer/ &ith that she confers a&areness and all other kno&ledge of life. )t is

e "lained; the inner s"ace is the s"ace &ithin Hridaya (heart$ the centre of a&areness orconsciousness. 0er Bi*a/%antra Hrim relates to 0ridaya; and it is called Devi-pranava&hich in !antra is e uivalent to %. 29.3. Bhuvanesvari is also identified &ith +rakrti the energy underlying creation. #he istherefore is also called as +radhana and +ra"ancesvari the one &ho rules over the five/fold&orld. !he &orld is said to e%erge fro% her *ust as a &e' e%erges fro% the s"ider or asthe s"arks crackle out of fire. 34.1. )n her a""earance and nature Bhuvanesvari rese%'les !ri"ura #undari. #he sharesso%e of her attri'utes such as 'eauty grace and &isdo%. Bhuvanesvari also relates to

Kali. As s"ace Bhuvanesvari coordinates &ith the di%ension of ti%e re"resented 'y Kali.And as earth Bhuvanesvari "rovides Kali the stage to enact her dance of life and death. )tis said; Kali creates events in ti%e; Bhuvanesvari creates o'*ects in s"ace. Bhuvanesvari isalso linked to the sound &hich arises fro% s"ace and thus to the sound of the s"eech ( vak $.And therefore she corres"onds to #arasvati ,agesvari the goddess of s"eech. 34.2. #he *ust as #odasi is de"icted as a 'eautiful young girl of si teen sitting on a lotusthrone. 0er iconogra"hy descri"tions (5hyana/sloka$ "resents her as having a radiantver%ilion co%"le ion glo&ing like the rising sun; &ith a s%iling face fra%ed &ith flo&inghair the color of 'lack 'ees; her eyes are 'road her li"s full and red; her nose delicate; andher full 'reasts are s%eared &ith sandal "aste and saffron. #he is adorned &ith the %oon asher diade%; and she is richly 'e*e&eled. #he is de"icted &ith si hands holding an ornatecu" filled &ith ge%s a lotus a goad a noose dis"elling fears( abhaya -mudra $ and'esto&ing 'oons ( varada-mudra $. #he &ith her three eyes takes in the kno&ledge of the"ast "resent and future; nothing esca"es her attention.


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34.3. !here also the other descri"tions of Bhuvanesvari &here she is de"icted in three

for%s si%ilar in a""earance 'ut in three colors- gold (0e%angi$ red (#ou'hagyaBhuvanesvari$ and 'luish (Maya Bhuvanesvari$. !hese corres"ond to three gunas that arethe fa'ric of the %aterial &orld. 0ere she sits naked on a red lotus in a "ond full of lotusflo&ers; s"orts three eyes; &ears "earls of %any hues; and holds a snake noose and goad.Bhuvanesvari is the &orld 'ut she also transcends the &orld.


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31.1. As regards the sy%'olis%s associated &ith her iconogra"hy- !he lotus throne she sitsu"on indicates her association &ith creation; and the lotuses in her hands the vitality and'eauty of life; the crescent %oon adorning her head sy%'oli6es gro&th and vitality. 0erfull 'reasts sy%'oli6e her nurturing %aternal nature; she is Jagad-dhatri one &honourishes the &orld. 7ith her noose she controls. And &ith her goad she nudges us tooverco%e the o'stacles of "assions and delusions and reach 'eyond the li%itations of %ind.

Bhuvanesvari like Ka%ala is consistently associated &ith the here and no&. #he hel"s us togo 'eyond all identities.

Bhuvanesheem Mahamayaam Sooryamandalaroopineem Namami Varadaam Suddhaam Kamakhyaroopineem Shivam


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Om Hreem Bhubaneswaraye Hreem Namah

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