Selections from the shAkta upanishads- 2

[Swami Vishvarupananda]

> 3) She is the vidyA beginning with "ka" in the ShrIvidyA. This is
>    called the prathama-khaNDa of the shrIvidyA. It consists of
>    the syllables, ka, e, I, la, and hrIM.
>
> 4) She is the vidyA beginning with "ha" in the ShrIvidyA. This is
>    called the dvitIya-khaNDa. It consists of the syllables ,
>    ha, sa, ka, ha, la, and hrIM.
>
> 5) She is the vidyA beginning with "sa" in the ShrIvidyA. This,
>     called the tR^itIya-khaNDa, consists of the syllables,
>     sa, ka, la, and hrIM.


This is funny. KadividyA, HadiviyA and SadividyA are otherwise the names of
three different versions of the entire ShrIvidya mantra, the version
consisting of the the three khaNDas given above is the KadividyA. The
HadividyA is the Lopamudra version, which has three khaNDas, the first
khaNDa starting with 'ha' and sadividyA is a verson with three khaNDas, of
which the first khaNDa starts with 'sa'.

Greetings and Om
Vishvarupananda

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