The fifteen- or sixteen-syllable mantra of the goddess Lalitā Tripurasundarī and the initiations through which it is given.
Material type
Words of power
Restricted to
Initiates of a Śrīvidyā lineage
Restriction mechanism
vow, oral_only, grade_requirement
Stated reason
The mantra is regarded as the goddess herself and is held to be effective only when received from a guru
Tradition origins
c. 9th–11th century
Recorded practice status
Practiced
Provisional: no dated status evidence is linked.
Status as of
Not recorded
Status claims
Not recorded
Disclosure dates, source publication dates, tradition origins and dates of practice are separate.
What this disclosure covers
Doctrine and ritual, including the structure of the mantra.
The source
The Secret of the Three Cities: An Introduction to Hindu Śākta Tantrism (SRC-0020; authenticity: Unassessed)
Author
Douglas Renfrew Brooks
Original publication
1990
Linked edition
Not recorded
Format
Academic
Provenance
scholarship
Rights of source work
Copyrighted
Identifiers
ol:OL4107722W
Source content hash
Not recorded
Claims about this item
These claims may cite other sources for the same restricted item. Supporting and contradicting evidence remain separate.
CLM-0051 · Content
The Śrīvidyā is a mantra of fifteen letters, identified with the fifteen Nityā goddesses and the fifteen lunar days, in three sections called Vāgbhava, Kāmarāja and Śakti. The Kādi and Hādi forms differ in their first section, the Hādi form having five vowels and seven consonants there and the Kādi seven vowels and five consonants. The commentary says the method of worship of both forms must be learnt from the mouth of the guru.
Checked against the Internet Archive text on 2026-11-04; page numbers from the scan's page index. The text describes the structure of the mantra but does not spell it out.
SRC-0054: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0054: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
SRC-0054: The source text's rights have not been established.
ITEM-0013: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Evidence qualifications
SRC-0020 · source_authenticity_unassessed: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0020 · source_without_content_hash: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
DISC-0023 · record_unreviewed: Record review status is unreviewed; review is not proof of truth.
ITEM-0013 · status_without_dated_evidence: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Reviewed means checked against a source. It does not establish source authenticity, independent corroboration or present-day practice.
