The Khadgamala (, sa, खड्गमाला, "Garland of the Sword") is an invocational

mantra A mantra (Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ma ...

that names each of the

Devi Devī (; Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''. ''Devi'' and ''deva'' mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The conce ...

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according to their place in the

Sri Yantra The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (''yantra'') used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. It consists of nine interlocking triangles - four upward ones which represent Shiva, and five downward ones represen ...

or in the

Maha Meru The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (''yantra'') used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. It consists of nine interlocking triangles - four upward ones which represent Shiva, and five downward ones represen ...

. This list of divine names is described poetically as a "garland" ( sa, mālā). The sword (Sanskrit: ''khaḍga'') is an

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for the Devi's "power to strike down desire, hatred, and delusion". This recitation of mantra is a

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of Hindu tantra. Guru Karunamaya delivered a series of talks in

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on Sri Sankara TV on Sri Devi Khadgamala revealing the inner meaning of the

Shri Yantra The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (''yantra'') used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. It consists of nine interlocking triangles - four upward ones which represent Shiva, and five downward ones represen ...

and Lalitha Tripura Sundari.

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Khadagmala mantra and explanation
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