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Greatest Mahvidy Ritual of all times:


Chittor Johar & Sacrifice at the feet of Mahkli
K. Chandra Hari

-rrr-r |r-rr+r|=|rrr rrr|r |rrrrr!
r||r =r-rr -rr |r rr-r +r-r|r rr-r -r!!
-rrr |r |>rr rrrr =rrrrrrir!
r=rrr rrrrr +=rrr |rrr | >rr|r -rr !!

1. Introduction
Chittorgarh, the capital of Mewar had been the pride of Rajasthan and today it stands as a
monument of the ideals of honor, heroism and sacrifice. Rajputs or the Bhils baptized as
Agnikula-kshatriyas gave expression of their fiery spirit and showed themselves to be the
invincible sons of the unvanquished, Aparjit the Great Mother Mahkli. Many websites
give accounts of the Rajput history and the saga of Johar by maidens and ladies and the
supreme sacrifice of the saffron clad men who upheld the indomitable spirit of the Great
Mother as the Unvaquished the splendorous queen of the Absolute
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. The fervor with
which she is worshipped is unparallel from Mtbri
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in the north-east to Kanykumri in the
extreme south and she has become known in different names but her signature had been
the same, miracles small and big all along the path of seekers. Present article is an attempt
to throw some light on the spiritual dimensions of the sacrifices by women and men alike
during 23-24-25 February 1568 AD at the culmination of the attack by Akbar. It is history
and annals of history are opened only to feel proud of the ancestry and heritage and most of
the historical events are political in character, I mean, opportunistic decisions to addres the
time and circumstances. There cannot be anything spiritual in politics that is familiar to us
but when we look at the Chittorgarh episode of 1568 AD one is bewildered by the scale of
the sacrifice 13000 women and children emulating Sati to preserve the honor as their men
decides to take refuge at the feet of the Great Mother, Mahkli, in a spree of deaths to the
enemy seeking transcendence of the delusive game of life. Web resources put the death toll

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Parabrahma-Mahishi as described in verse 97 of Saundaryalahari:
Girmhurdevi...Mahmy visvam bhramayasi Parabrahma-Mahishi
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Mtbri: Abode of Dakshina Kali at Udaipur, Agartala
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of the men at 32,000 which may include the 8000 warriors to make the total exceed 51000
thousand each for the 51 letters of her bewildering script of destiny and delusion described
in philosophy as My.
It is certainly unnatural to set out in quest for some deeper meaning to what may be
perceived as one of the many bizarre historical events produced by special circumstances
of shared beliefs and faith a strange social paradigm causing a grave tragedy. There
can be far more severe holocausts in the annals of world history and thus the effort to credit
any special significance to one such event may look as if a naive, irrational and irrelevant
approach to history. It is deemed fit therefore at the outset to clarify that the discussion is
exclusively on the lines of kta consciousness with which the Bhils, one of the Nga tribes,
had been ever willing to lay down their lives for the sake of honor and freedom. Sacrifice
arose out of unflinching faith in Mahkli and the conviction that the life and death happens
at her feet. It is being told in some websites that the children and women took their leap to
the flames supported by opium nothing can be far from truth. It may be true in few cases
but Johar had been an act of faith, emulation of Sati, the culmination of the worship of
Mahkli in stages through which the mind, intellect and ego are transcended in the same
way as the men heroically embraced death subsequently.
It may be worth mentioning here that the Bhils traditionally had been worshippers of
Mhvidy and the remnants can be seen even today to mention a few where she is
splendorous even today at the Mandor Gardens in the worship of Gauri Bhairavi and the
major shrines of Tripurasundari at the Jodhpur Fort and Baswada. Some people may be
inclined to feel a difference between the Rajputs and the Bhils. As far as the present author
is concerned any such difference can only be ornamental as the kingdom of Mewar and
Chitor originally belonged to the Bhils and the name Rajput meant their submission to
Brahminism and Vedic tradition. Perhaps the wrath of Mahkli that Chitorgarh experienced
may have its roots in the departure from kta tradition.
2. Approach to Johar demand of the inevitable sacrifice by Time
A bizarre event like Johar commands different interpretations from social scientists,
philosophers, historians, psychologists and parapsychologists. But in the ultimate analysis,
there shall be no other factor or agent except the time and destiny to own up the event.
Time and destiny obviously imply the command of Mahkli herself for otherwise there had
been no reasons for those who sacrificed themselves for not emulating Rn Uday Singh
who escaped to the southern forests. Unless supported by their faith and their Goddess, no
clan could have awaited death within the walls from 20 October 1567 to 23 February 1568
AD. Wikipedia gives the following account:
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In September 1567, the emperor (Akbar) left for Chittor, and on October 20, 1567, camped in the vast plains outside
the fort. In the meantime, Rana Udai Singh, on the advice of his council of advisors, decided to go away from
Chittor to the hills of Udaipur. Jaimal and Patta, two brave army chieftains of Mewar, were left behind to defend
the fort along with 8,000 Rajput warriors under their command. Akbar laid siege to the fortress. The Rajput army
fought valiantly and Akbar himself had narrowly escaped death. In this grave situation, Akbar had prayed for
divine help for achieving victory and vowed to visit the shrine of the sufi saint Khwaja at Ajmer. The battle
continued till February 23, 1568. On that day Jaymal was seriously wounded but he continued to fight with
support from Patta. Jayamal ordered jauhar to be performed when many beautiful princesses of Mewar and
noble matrons committed self-immolation at the funeral pyre. Next day the gates of the fort were opened and
Rajput soldiers rushed out bravely to fight the enemies. Jayamal and Patta who fought bravely were at last killed in
action. One figure estimates that 30,000 soldiers were killed in action. Akbar, on entering the fort, ordered a general
carnage. Akbar immediately repaired himself to Ajmer to perform his religious vow
Another account gives more poignant details:
Near Bhairon Pol, is a cenotaph or "Chattri" in honour of the chivalrous jaimal and his cousin Kala, who laid down
their lives whilst defending Chittorgarh against the Mughals. Jaimal who was carried seriously wounded, but was
not ready to die in his bed, thus he was carried into battle on the shoulders of his cousin Kala, both of them died
while showing exemplary courage.
At Rampol is a memorial to Phatta, who was only 16 years old and had just been married, his father has already
died defending Chittorgarh and was sent into the battle by his mother. To free her son from any affection towards
home, she herself picked up a sword along with his bride and jumped into the battle field both of them died in front
of Phatta. Next day the women folk of the palace ended their lives by committing Johar. Phatta leading the safron
robed men from the front thundered down like lightening from the mighty fortress to die fighting.
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These accounts are illustrative of the heroic sacrifices inspired by the faith in Mahkli and
the use of opium could have been there only as an exception. The event diary of the great
sacrifice may be culled out from the web resources as given below:
20 October 1567 AD (Julian date) Siege begins
23 February 1567 Jaymal wounded and Johar ordered
24 February 1567 Gates opened for final war
25 February 1567 Sivartri after the blood bath
3. Astronomical Calendar and Mahkli
Time is the greatest mystery of existence. The delusive queen of the absolute had
expressed herself in her devotees to reverse engineer the name Mahkli to herself. She
has her abode upon the wheel of time Kla is her abode and hence she is Kli. In the
delusive realm of her own my, she runs her school to impart Vidy, taking ten different
forms which have come to be described collectively as Mahvidy. If she had been at the
receving end of the great sacrificial ritual the blood bath for which she had lighted up the

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http://chittorgarh.nic.in/history2.html
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eyes of the invader with the visions of Chitorgarh her signature must be apparent on the
wheel of time or the astronomical calendar of the period. Modern science may deny the
existence of any such fifth force as Mahkli of time but the whole of Indian heritage attests
her presence in myriad ways as accounted by the siddhas over the millenniums since the
glorious days of Harappa. She had been enthralling the skta heroes by enabling them to
steer across her magic and transcend the my like valiant fighters and the earthly death
had been only a rehearsal for the spiritual surrender of mind, intellect and ego the triad of
faculties on which prrabdha pedals its course. Skta scriptures extoll her as:
rrr:rr-r=r>r rr |r-r| r|r=|rr| !
r| -r->r-rr| -rr|-r -rrr +rr|a=|rr|!!
This verse is not that simple as it is apparent. Ludicrous translations and interpretations are
available on the web. The true meaning as understood in the siddha tradition is:
Ganesa is the lord of Kmarpa, Siva himself and his Yogini alone enlivens the grahas and
nakshatras with her transformation as the ris i.e. the rhu_ikhi chakram of 30
0
divisions
caled ris. She is the inherent potential of the spells and the acoustic pyramid that
sustains the Universe. Without her presence, Siva is Sava and then what to speak of the
wheel of nodes over which she manifests as the Bhujangi the Klakundali or Klik.
rr |rr |rr+rrr| r-r-r| rr r rr--rr|r -r|!
rr .r<r||rr||-r+r-rrrr-r-+ =r-r|r-r|!!
rr r~rirrr|+-r|=-r| rr |r+-rr-rr|-r-r|!
=rr rrrr-r rrrr -rrrr| r| rrrrr|!!
When such is her role in empowering time for creation and dissolution, how can the greatest
of sacrifice in her name happen without expressing herself in the nine-letter script upon her
serpentine wheel?
Bhils had her splendorous presence realized as
-rrr|-r rr r- -rr-r|r |r =r|r=r=rrr !
rr+r r r|-r-rr-rr| r-r+-rr !!
-rrr+r-rrr|rr +|-rr=rr| +|-rrr-r !
=rrr|=r-rr-rr=r|r-r|-rr r| rr=r-rr|!!
She is beyond the Mahkla, dictates the divisions of time, the whole Universe is her
evolute and she alone is the path of transcendence with her forms for games such as
Mahvidy...(kalpita-tanu).
Further, as is well known, she is sryachandrgnirp and the 16 kals of full moon make
her shoda, she is par and am, and the agni spoken as her eyes make up the 12
Jyotirlingas which mark out the 12 ris of her heavenly serpentine form. Sun, Moon and the
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12 rsi-sandhis make up the three ndis of her omnipresence in the bio-cosmic, micro and
macrocosmic integrated whole. These conceptions are basic to the kta tradition and find
repeated expressions in texts like Subhagodaya, Saundaryalahari, Nityashodaikrnava
etc. Only controversial issue is the demarcation of 12 ris experience of the sun, moon
and agni by the siddhas and the mathematics prescribed to compute the times of the 12
transits of Siva_svara, the breath extolled in the Upanishads as Prnasrya. The 12
Jyotirlingas that mark out the ris in the sky have their earthly abodes in places like Ujjayini
which is the seat of Mahkla or Mlachandsvara, the Jyotirlinga corresponding to Dhanu
or Mlasamkrama
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. Given such correspondence between the astronomical entities like sun,
moon and the ris, it is easy to realize that the humkrarpin expresses her self in the
mightiest delight when the three nadis of her humkra gets united i.e. when the newmoon
falls precisely over the 12 Jyotirlingas on the celestial wheel of nodes, rhu-ikhi chakram,
the force which we may describe as humkra had its peaks.
What can be special about 1567 and 1568 AD in astronomical terms given the kta notions
on Jyotischakram?
(All dates are as per the Julian Calendar)
Tul samkrama 02 October 1567, 2135 IST had sun 00
0
Tula 00 and moon 01
0
Tula35
The new moon had been at 29
0
53 Kany = sun = moon at 02 October 1567, 18:43 IST.
Sun was only 7 kalas away from the Kany-Tul junction point. This is a remarkable
coincidence of sun, moon and agni which may have made the humkrarpini awakened
in her fierce form clad in black, eyes turned fiery and red, face in anger seeking the
blood bath.... It was also a day of total solar eclipse visible in the southern hemisphere
but not visible at Chitorgarh. The nodes were very close to sun and moon.
Vrschika samkrama 1 November 1567, 20:25 IST, sun 00
0
00 & moon 06
0
44. New
moon corresponded to 29
0
27Tula = sun = moon (at 07:22 IST).
Dhanu samkrama 1 December 1567, 10:20 IST. Sun 00
0
00 & moon 05
0
42. New moon
corresponded to 29
0
30 Vrschika = sun = moon (at 22:39 IST).
Makara samkrama 30 December 1567, 20:46 IST. Sun 00
0
00 & moon 02
0
11. New
moon corresponded to 29
0
48 Vrschika = sun = moon (30 December at 16:04 IST). Sun
and moon had been approaching closer and closer to the junction points where the
humkra had its peak.

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The Jyotirlinga that marks the equator on the microcosmic universe is the one at
Ramesvaram as can be understood from the legends related to Lanka, the point
corresponding to celestial equator.

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Kumbha samkrama 29 January 1568, 09:56 IST. Sun 00
0
00 Kumbha & moon 29
0
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Makara. New moon corresponded to 00
0
02 Kumbha = sun = moon (29 January at 10:46
IST). Sun and moon had precisely coincided the ri 0 when the right ayanma is
used. Transit and the newmoon differed only by 1 hour.
Meena samkrama 28 Feb 1568, 07:25 IST. Sun 00
0
00 Meena & moon 00
0
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Meena.Newmoon was at 05:27 IST on 28 Feb 1568 AD i.e. differed by just 2 hours from
the moment of transit.
It is apparent from the above that the newmoons and solar transits across ris show a
specific pattern in which the newmoon coincided the solar transit corresponding to the ill-
fated month of Kumbha. Similar phenomenon had occurred when the siege began in the
month of Tula and the siege had extended over a period of 124 days to have a tragic end to
the Bhils at Chitor before the night of Sivartri.
Planetary Positions on the day of Johar
Planetary positions on 23 February 1568, the day of Johar and the Sivartri after 2 nights
had a significant repetition in 2005 with the new moon falling precisely degree-mins to the
sun in upper transit on the day of Johar while the nodes also crossed from Mesha to Meena.
Ketu
28:30

Ketu
28:23

Rahu
1.0
True0

Sat
25:25
Sun
25:15
Merc
23 Feb 1568,
Noon

Mars

Sun
27:xx
Moon
Merc
25/26
February
Sivartri
Mars
Sun
25:15
Moon
25:15
10 March 2005
New moon that
followed
Sivaratri

Venus
Moon


Venus
Jup
Rahu
Sat
Jup
Rahu
Sat
(R)
Ketu
Arrival of this write up in the hands of the ktas in 2012 can be explained using the
rationale of Kunda-ganita employed in horoscope rectification. 360/81=4.4444 is a magical
number of the destinys Pandoras box. When the diurnal sphere or the wheel of nodes in
the Prnamaya koa rotates by 4.444 degrees, the Kunda sphere rotates by 360 degree in
the Manomaya kosa.
360/81 = 4.4444: 36000/81 = 444.444
The year 1568 and 2012 are related through this magical number as 2012-1568 = 444.444.
Further, it can be noticed that the 444.44 years from the day of Johar i.e. 23 Feb 1568 AD
+444.44 years takes us to 17 August 2012 noon when sun is in transit to Simha at 0
0
while
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Moon is in the 26
th
degree which had caused the sacrifice. If the newmoon is examined, it
falls very close to 0
0
Simha at 00
0
:23. Newmoon and the transit differed only 1/3
rd
of a day.
23-25 February 1568 AD marked the solar transit from 26
th
degree to 28
th
degree with the
sacrifice of the 8000 warriors on 24 February 1568 AD while sun transited the 27
th
degree.
Simha newmoon of the 1
st
degree is followed by
Newmoon at 28-51 Simha
Newmoon at 27-47 Kany
Newmoon at 27-10 Tula
Newmoon at 26-59 Vrschika
Newmoon at 27-00 Dhanu
Newmoon at 26-57 Makara
Newmoon at 26-38 Kumbha after the Mah Sivartri of 2013
Newmoon at 25-54 Meenam
These planetary phenomena are the culmination of a series triggered by the Sivartri of
2005 and ending with its impact on the 26-27 degrees with the Kumbha-Sivaratri of 2013.
Sivaratri of 2012 had no special significance when considered in isolation but the
Mahsivartri of 2013 shall have great significance.
It is pertinet to note that the events cannot be taken in isolation to pass a verdict as the
description attempted in mathematical and astronomical terms is that of an experience of
the integrated whole of microcosm and macrocosm which may be found formulated by the
siddha tradition in terms of the Mahvidys.
4. Fifth Force Underlying the Bio-Cosmic Integrated Whole
The solar transit new moon configuration as described above during the siege of
Chitorgarh which ended in the greatest of all sacrifices in the name of Mahkli point
towards the existence and astronomical expression of a subtle force about which the
siddhas had spoken of since pre-historic times. It may be noted here that
(a) Computation of the solar transit has to be as per the specific geometry recommended by
the siddhas for the luni-solar rhythm i.e. sidereal zodiac with the star Ml (-Scorpii) as
fiducial.
(b) Ml (-Scorpii) gets extolled in scriptures as the nakshatra of Mahkli and
Durgshtami celebrations had its origin based on the coincidence of Bhdrapada shukla
(8) with Mla nakshatra.
(c) Mathematical structure employed is based on the 21600 arc minute division of the
ecliptic or the wheel of nodes (rhu-ikhi chakram) based on the number of human
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breaths during a diurnal rotation of earth vis-a-vis a subtle time structure of breathing
experienced by the siddhas.
(d) Astrological canons employed in India, further, speak of a mathematical structure implicit
in the sequence of human births vis-a-vis a mathematical pattern of destiny. The Kunda
chakra or the ri chakra spinning 81 times in a day is used to define a pattern of human
destiny as 81x Ascendant = Moon 120
0
. This in turn translates into 81x360x60 minutes
of arc rotation of earth in a day and is equal to 2187x800 or 2187 nakshatras of 800
minutes corresponding to 2187 destiny patterns possible in a day. 800 minutes of arc on
Kunda chakra becomes 800/81 = 9.87654321 minutes on the diurnal rotation. Thus it
emerges that the decimal system of numbers and the sexagesimal notation used to
index the wheel of nodes had their origin in the experience of a subtle force by the
siddhas.
(e) In other words, the pre-historic mathematical structures the decimal system and the
sexagesimal divisions of the ecliptic and time based on the number of breaths point
towards the existence of a corresponding physical phenomena out of which it has been
derived. In the case of Jyotihsastra, the underlying physical phenomenon had been the
bio-cosmic tie up or the integrated existence of microcosm and macrocosm as Universe
the modern term had its origin in the siddha tradition.
(f) Thus the siddha construction of time as the wheel of nodes and the underlying
mathematical strutures render evidence towards the existence of a fifth force in nature
which is more subtle than the four known physical forces of modern Physics. Further the
methods of modern science may prove to be incompatible and insufficient to detect and
account for this force which becomes apparent only in the siddha mode of exploration of
the subtle Universe.
5. Mahvidys Ten Forms of the Mahkli
Not only the Bhils, the martial tribes of the Nga race as a whole had been following
matriarchal customs and the warriors rejoiced in the self-sacrifice as if a return to the
Mothers feet. Birth and death meant simply a change of Mother, from the original to the
proxy and back to the original. Johar and the self-sacrifice that followed during 23-25
February 1568 AD as such had been in spirit the greatest ritual sacrifice ever conducted at
the feet of the Mother. Jaymal had ordered the Johar and what Bhavani may have given in
return is a million $ question that may appear before a kta when his mind becomes active.
Uninhibited curiosity is not allowed for the ktas and as the supreme Guru, she keeps all
answers to herself. During the authors visit to Chitor last year (Jan 2011) the guide spoke of
Johar poignantly three wells filled up with sandalwood and ghee lighted up and the queen
takes the lead while the warriors drug the less inspired to enable them for the act... this is
the only account that has escaped. Little is known about the rituals that precede the
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sacrifice. They were human beings endowed with the same emotional, intellectual and
mental apparatus as others and the wind up of emotions & zest for life is not achieved
easily. Given the martial and the kta background, every self sacrifice demands the
realization of Chinnamasta the 6
th
of the 10 Mahvidys known in the tradition.
Vra Vrtam and Chinnamasta
Nga tradition depicts the emotional inner being of the warriors as Bhrgavi the transient
or fleeting or the freak mind that serves bhogasiddhi purnic legends describe her as the
mother of Bhrgava Parasurma the most ferocious warrior wielding the axe that the earth
has seen. Bhrgavi is Bhuvanevari, Mahvidy who sustains human life and legends
ascribe her such names as Renuk. Bhrgava is Sukra or Venus as well and therefore
Bhrgavi is the feminine expression of Venus lustrous manifold of the emotional existence
floating over the intelligence. Renuk or Bhrgavi had been the Mahvidy sought under
the paradigm in which the Devadsi system got instituted and even today remnants of such
practices can be seen in the state of Karntaka. Seldom man enjoys control over emotions
and attachments and the Vravrta consisting in achieving the realization of Bhragavi
Bhuvanevari as Chinnamasta Mahvidy that makes the warrior and his families
transcend the emotional bonds to attain her feet.
The following description of Bhrgavi given in a tntrik text may be of interest to the ktas:
rr=a r +r:r-r r+-r+-rr| r>rr|c rr-rr
=r -r-rr-rr-r| =+|rr-r-rrr rrrr,r =r=rrrr-r!
r| |-rrr ir=rrr-r-r rrr |rrr |>rr>rr|-rr-rr
rrr-rrr irr=r=r+-rirr|rr |rr r!!
She is on lead in bhoga with the three ndis lighted up by the moon and seated on
horseback...
Alternate description as Jaganmohini is:
+r-rrr|r=ar -rr+-r+-rr| r>rr|c rr-rr
rrr-rrrr =rrrr =-rr |rrrr |=rr-rr-rr-r|!
-rr-rr+-rr|-rr-rr-r=r|+r=r+rrr=>rr ir=rrr
r| rrr rr--rrr-rrr+r| rrrr| =rrr+-r!!
A more appropriate description cannot be thought of Bhuvanesvari who lighted up the days
of the great warriors with her boundless effulgence. As the lustrous manifold of her
effulgence touch its peak, she becomes apparent as Renuk the one who seeks
immediate transcendence by severing ones own head and for the true warrior devoted to
her feet she appears to make the sacrifice possible in delight. It may be noted that it is
Bhrgava himself who beheads Bhrgavi with his axe and it becomes apparent that
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Bhrgavi enables the warrior to transform himself to such heights as to behead the mother
itself to realize her as Chinnamasta. Bhrgavi is worshipped on Pancham and in most
places she is worshipped under the name Ngachmund in her transformation as
Chinnamund and in planetary symbolism she represents Sikhi while Rhu is her Bhairava
and together manifests in the Vijnnamayakosa.
Astrological symbolism seen reflected in the descriptions of Ketu or Sikhi as a headless
trunk who rules over the three cardinal points 0
0
, 120
0
and 240
0
is a pointer towards the fact
that Chinnamasta is the embodiment of the force underlying the Jyotischakra. She is the
Yogini while Rhu is the Mundi she holds
The three ndis are the sun, moon and the agni of 12 samkramas and
luni-solar orbits make her heavenly, macrocosmic frame. Realization of
Chinnamasta in the Mahvidy tradition arose out of the self-sacrifice of
warriors in the Nga martial tradition and the depiction of Bhagavati as
one weilding the severed head and flow of her effulgence from the three
ndis is based on the astronomical rationale of Klakundalini.
Klik at Kalkaji in Delhi is her manifestation out of another sacrificial pit
or Kunda as Kundalini. Upon the Zodiac, the 240
0
marked the Kunda with the star Mla or
-Scorpii marking the beginning of the Mla-nakshatra and Dhanu ri. In astronomical
symbolism, the Kunda also received the appellation Drona out of which the warrior, bow
wielding Drona the half-man-half-horse warrior arose as per legends. Martial traditions
arose out of the spiritual experience of the siddhas aided and abetted by Her effulgence, the
Great Mother, Mahvidy.
Dhanu Ri The Siddha of the Sky (Centaurus)
Mathematical structure used in the above said derivations of ris and samkrama is based
on the fiducial star Mla (-Scorpii) who is personified as Mahkla or Siddha in the Indian
tradition and as Centaurus in Greek tradition. As the Kunda and the source of Kundalini
Mla received so many symbolic descriptions as male, female, androgynous, warrior,
siddha etc and the siddha tradition itself owed its origin to the fifth force which abides in the
specific geometry of the planetary rhythms. Greek legends on Centaurus also convey this
aspect equally well- even though it is a mistaken adoption of the star lore ascribed to a
constellation:
The Greeks associated the celestial centaur with Chiron, the noblest of that hedonistic race. He was the son of
Chronos (Mahakala of Hindus) and the ocean nymph Philyrides (Akasa Ganga-celestial ocean). Apollo and Diana
taught him botany, music, astronomy, divination and medicine and he was the teacher of some of the more
prominent heroes in Greek mythology, most notably Hercules, Jason and Achilles. He was also thought to be the
inventor of the constellations. His death was a tragic one, as centaurs were immortal creatures. While caught in a
rage, his pupil Hercules shot Chiron with one of the poisoned arrows that had been dipped in the blood of the
Hydra after he had cut its heads off (Chinnamunda or Ngachamund and Rhu-Sikhi Chakram). As this would
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have condemned Chiron to writhe in agony for ever as the poison flowed through his veins, he pleaded with Zeus
to remove him from the earth. Zeus took pity upon him and granted his plea, placing the centaur among the stars.
Greek legend in fact symbolically narrates the realization of Chinnamasta by the warrior and
his subsequent sacrifice and ascension to the heavens Vragati as known to the warriors.
Chitor episode of sacrifice in fact had been the manifestation of Chiron symbol of true
warriors who sacrifice and as explained, the sacrifice was commanded by the Mahkli
herself with her cryptic astronomical dictates.
As time and space do not permit, a discussion on the Mahvidys is not attempted further.
Truth of one is sufficient to illustrate the truth of the ten and I am sure that the account given
in this writeup of her truth as the subtle force manifesting in the integrated existence of
microcosm and macrocosm, shall inspire the kta warriors to seek her out in all the ten
forms.
5. Explanationatory Information
Tantra speaks of the microcosm and macrocosm in a state of universe weaved into each
other to become an expanded continuum one whole being. Such a bio-cosmic interface
finds geometrically conceived and mathematically expressed in Jyotihsstra as the Zodiac
or the R-ichakra the latter a siddha abbreviation for Rhu-Sikhi chakra. Philosophical
undercurrents when examined lead to the fact that the wheel of nodes as the wheel of time
is the mathematical modeling of the force underlying Ardhanrvara the all encompassing
Mahkli the great effulgence of time that weave the micro and macrocosm into an
integrated whole Universe. To understand the present work and its implications for the
ktas, this work must be read in conjunction with earlier works like Aparjita-the subtle
force underlying Jyotihsstra.
As may be gleaned from the contents, a chanced discovery of the very special Kumbha
sandwiched between samkramas coinciding fullmoon presents little likelihood. The
samkramas shall follow such a remarkable coincidence only when computed over a sidereal
reference star Mla (-Scorpii) and the fact that the bizarre incident the greatest of all
sacrificial rituals in the name of the great Goddess of Time finds coincident with a very
special astronomical phenomenon computable using a specific geometry of the ecliptic belt
in itself is a pointer towards the existence of a communicable, realizable Mother of the
Siddhas.
The Tegmark theory of everything attempts to explain Universe as a physical instantiation of
Mathematics. Considered from such a scientific view, the pre-historic siddha constructs like
the Zodiac with reference to Mla (-Scorpii), the sexagesimal notation and the decimal
system of numbers, may have a corresponding physical instantiation in the siddha
experience of time. Such an experience got symbolically described in terms of the primordial
duo of time, Mahkla and Mahkli the former inert and catalystic while the latter active,
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delusive and liberative in the Panchapranavadvirephanli descent of the Universal Being
as the five sheathed earthy embodiment of the divine.
In retrospect, the comprehension has been gained that the experience underlying the
present note had its beginning in February 2002 and through critical stages such as
February-March 2005 (the time around Sivaratri) and now in February-March 2012 and then
leading to the Mahsivartri of 2013.
Days, months and years have passed in the incessant war between the rational and the
irrational experiences commonsense trying to nip the miracles with which she had been
playing actively since the Mahsivartri of 2005. For the irrational experiences which will be
laughed upon by the rational mind, elimination of the subjective side can be sought only in
the sky the Universal Oneness can be experienced in her role as integrating medium. Her
lessons had been too difficult and emotionally straining and the obsession with Rajasthan
had assumed proportions of a sickness despite the convictions reinforced by her over the
perilous years. I conclude with an admission of my firm conviction in the truth of Mahvidys
and the Mahkli of the Bhils at Pvgadh where as per legends Visvmitra had realized her
eons before. The whispers that she provides in the mind invariably meet with substantiation
in her script as graha-nakshatra yogini and rsi rpini. Path to Chitor had been through
Jodhpur, Basvada and other abodes including the mighty presence of Mahkli at
Kmkhy as Aparjita, Bhairava of Chinnamasta at Cherapunji, Bagalmukhi at Kmagiri
etc. She has the same or self-similar signatures at all places...

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