The word Mantra comes from the two words: Mana & Traya which mean mind and protection respectively. So mantra’s are meant to protect the mind of living beings. Mantras exist in the form of syllables and words and can be as short as one syllable and as long as sixty-four syllables. Beyond this they are known as stotras.
The mantra is a form of prayer meant to propitiate a Devata.
There are 33 million Devatas in the vedic pantheon and they depict various lights and sounds of the one God which existed before the creation. Just as light gives shape and form to all objects and thus gives knowledge of them, so also the Devata gives knowledge of the universe which exists around us. This has been utilized very well by the vedic seers who have given us a means to understand the universe around us, as well as that which existed before the creation, through the help of sound.
This section is devoted to understanding the Devatas and the mantras, prayers and spiritual practices associated with them. This work can merely be an attempt as the subject is limited to the writings and words of this author. As a result any ideas, recommendations or additions are welcomed.
हरे राम कृष्ण
Dear Swee, Namaskar.
Glad to be typing with you.
I was disagreeing with your calculations of mantra-kriya, -bhoga and -devata and clarifying the impact of the Naryana-astakshari.
Figuring the words and aksharas is the second step as we first have to identify the source of the problem first, viz.: If Surya is a problem then the atma itself is suffering and therefore Shiva mantras are necessary. If Mercury is a problem then at its core an unfulfilled desire for wealth is likely to cause the problem and Vishnu will bless the native to overcome this problem. Like this we can continue.
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Gaṇa+Iśa or Gaṇa+Pati.
Pati or Iśa means ruler or lord. The word Gaṇa has various meanings:
Agni: the holy fire
Agni is a reference to the fire-element, as well as the devatā who carries the same. Symbolizing one of the five base elements, some scholars have equated the worship of Agni to a more pre-hindu period where the worship mainly consisted of the visible elements of the universe such as water, earth, trees, air, etc. With that, some scholars have divided the various facets of God, such as Śiva, Gaṇeśa, Agni etc. into two groups of Vedic deities and Hindu deities thinking that with time the deities have changed their form or identity, or simply new names/Gods have come into existence in the minds of the population.
However this is not the case, as the traditions of India would agree that deities of the Rig Vedic period are the same as that of today, only their names may have changed slightly. I.e. in the Rig Veda the name Iṣa is used for Iśvara/ Śiva, and the name Gaṇapati is an obvious name for Gaṇeśa. Garutman has become Garuda today, and similar different names exist.
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Mātangi is the name of one among the ten Mahāvidya. Specifically Mātangi is among the three Siddhividyas namely Kamalātmika, Mātangi and Bagalambe. Siddhividya refers to those who give the knowledge necessary to accomplish the native’s task in this world. They are said to be the quickest to attain results from and protect the native in the three lokas of Svarga (heaven/stars), Bhuva (sky/galaxy) and Bhu (earth) lokas respectively, i.e. the physically manifest lokas.
The remaining among the ten Mahāvidyas are said to be Vidyā whereas Kali and Tara are specifically Mahāvidyas, and most mantras and verses have been devoted to these two in the agamas and nigamas. This thus forms a hierarchy where Kamalātmika is the first to be worshiped by the sadhaka and Kali is the last.
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