open to sky, as yoginis were thought to fly
An 11th-century temple
in morena district
Formed by a circular wall with 65 chambers, apparently
for 64 yoginis and the goddess Devi. and an open mandapa
in the centre of a circular courtyard.
A Rajput dynasty of Central India's Chmbal-Gwalior region that ruled between 10th and 12th centuries. Their territory included north-western parts of Central India.
in the Indian state of
madhya Pradesh.
located on a hill about 100 feet (30 m) in height, with a radius of 170 feet (52 m) having 65 small chambers, each with a mandapa and a facia of pilasters and pillars.
Formed by a circular wall with 65 chambers, apparently
for 64 yoginis and the goddess Devi. and an open mandapa
in the centre of a circular courtyard.
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A mortal women, creating an ambiguous and blurred
boundary between the human and the divine.
a one of a class of females with magical
powers, sorceresses sometimes enumerated as
8, 60, 64 or 65.
A sacred feminine force made incarnateas an aspect
of Parvati revered in the yogini temples of India
as the Sixty-four Yoginis.
therio
therio
morphic
morphic
having the forms of animals,
represented in statuary as female
figures with animal heads. Yoginis
are associated with "actual
shapeshifting" into female animals,
and the ability to transform
other people.
impart to me the secret
knowledge about cakras
of yogini's
the knowledge of
which bestows the
ability to fly in the air
a Tantric term
for the five transgressive
substances
used in tantra.
madya mamsa matsya mudra Maithuna madya mamsa matsya mudra Maithuna
madya mamsa matsya mudra Maithuna madya mamsa matsya mudra Maithuna
the three evenings devoted to a repetition
of their names will induce them to protect
you from all external harmful influences
and they will protect your children and
unborn foteus
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the eight potent
magical siddhis
becoming microscopically small,
giving knowledge of how the world works
the ability to become gigantic in size and
able to view whole solar system and universe
becoming weightless, allowing levitation
and astral travel away from the body
excessive weightiness and the power
that arise from this
is an irresistible will that compels others to
do one’s wishes including hypnotic powers
control over body and mind and mastery over
all living creatures, be it man or mouse
controlling the natural elements, and power
to control rain, volcano, flood and earthquakes
gaining all one’s desires, including anything
from a handful of ashes to all the treasures