1.

Kameśvarī (अं / aṃ)

The first Nitya in the cycle is Kameshvari, a name which means Lady of Desire. Her vidya (mantra)
according to the Tantrarajatantra, is Aim Hrim Shrim Am Aim Sa Ka La Hrim Nityaklinne
Madadrave Sauh Am Kameshvari Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

The same tantra gives her dhyana or meditation image as red like 10 million dawn suns, having a
diadem of rubies, wearing throat ornaments, necklaces, waist chains and rings. She is red, has six
arms and three eyes, and bears a crescent Moon, smiling softly. She holds a bow of sugar cane,
flowering arrows, noose, goad, and a nectar-filled begemmed cup, showing the mudra of
bestowing boons. The five arrows of desire (Kama) in the five petals are Longing, Maddening,
Kindling, Enchanting and Wasting. These five Kamas are five forms of Kamadeva, Lalita as Krishna,
who are Kamaraja (Hrim), Manmatha (Klim), Kandarpa (Aim), Makara (Blum) and Manobhava
(Strim) with the colours yellow, white, red, purple and blue. Each of the Kamadevas has two eyes
and two arms, the hands holding sugar cane bow and flowering arrows, the very form of the five
elements.

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2. Bhagamalinī (आं / āṃ)

Nitya Bhagamalini, whose name refers to the flowering yoni, is the second of the cycle of the
waxing Moon and has a remarkable and very long vidya (mantra) which runs: Aim Hrim Shrim Am
Aim Bhagabuge Bhagini Bhagodari Bhagamale Bhagavahe Bhagaguhye Bhagayoni Bhaganipatini
Sarvabhagavashankari Bhagarupe Nityaklinne Bhagasvarupe Sarvani Bhagani Me Hyanaya Varade
Rete Surete Bhagaklinne Klinnadrave Kledaya Dravaya Amoghe Bhagavicce Kshubha Kshobhaya
Sarvasatvan Bhagodari Aim Blum Jem Blum Bhem Blum Mom Blum Hem Blum Hem Klinne
Sarvani Bhagani Me Vashamanaya Strim Hara Blem Hrim Am Bhagamalini Nitya Shri Padukam
Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

She has six arms, three eyes, sits on a lotus and holds in her left hands a night water lily, a noose
and a sugar cane bow and in her right a lotus, a goad and flowering arrows. Around her is a host
of Shaktis all of whom look like her, according to the Tantrarajatantra.

The Dakshinamurti Samhita has a different image (dhyana). Here (chapter 41), she is described
as dwelling in the middle of a flowery forest, adorned with various gems, holding noose, goad,
book, scales, nail (?) and writing implement, showing the mudras or hand gestures of allaying
fears and bestowing boons. Her yantra is described differently, too, as triangle, hexagon, 16
petals, eight petals, then the bhupura or fence.

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3. Nityaklinnā (इं / iṃ)

Her name means Wet Nitya, or Always Wet. The third Nitya's mantra is Aim Hrim Shrim
Nityaklinne Madadrave Svaha im Nityaklinna Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

She is surrounded by 19 Shaktis, according to the Tantraraja, who are Kshobhini, Mohini, Lila,
Nitya, Niranjana, Klinna, Kledini, Madanatura, Madadrava, Dravini, Vidhana, Madavila, Mangala,
Manmatharta, Manashvini, Moha, Amoda, Manomayi, Maya, Manda and Manovati. The
Nityaklinna herself, the same tantra says, is restless with desire, smeared with red sandal paste,
wears red clothes, smiles, has a half moon on her head, and holds noose, goad, cup and makes
the mudra dispelling fear.

The Dakshinamurti Samhita (chapter 42) gives her root mantra as being of 11 syllables, Hrim
Nityaklinna Madadrave Svaha. The image is similar except that she holds a noose, a goad, a skull
and dispels fears. Her face is bathed in sweat and her eyes move with desire. Here the yantra is
described as trikona, eight petals, and earth square (bhupura). She bestows enjoyment and
liberation and subdues the three worlds for one siddha (successful) in her vidya (mantra).

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4. Bheruṇḍā (ईं / īṃ)

Bherunda, the fourth Nitya, has three eyes and eight arms, with her body the colour of molten
gold, wearing beautiful ornaments on her hands, feet, arms and around her waist. She smiles
sweetly with her hands holding noose, goad, shield, sword, mace, thunderbolt (vajra), bow and
arrow.

The vidya mantra is: Aim Hrim Shrim Im Om Krom Bhrom Kraum Jhmraum Cchraum Jraum Svaha
Im Bherunda Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah, says Tantraraja. Using her mantra
destroys poison.

The DS describes her yantra as being triangle, eight petals and bhupura. In the triangle are
Shikhini, Nilakanthi and Raudri. Bherunda, according to this source, rules the Vetalas. The vidya
mantra also differs.

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5. Vahnivāsinī (उं / uṃ)

Vahnivasini is the fifth Nitya (Eternity) in the cycle, her name meaning the dweller in fire. Her
mantra is Om Hrim Vahnivasiniyai Namah. The Shaktis in the eight trikonas are Jvalini,
Visphulingini, Mangala, Sumanohara, Kanaka, Ankita, Vishva and Vividha. In the 12 petals are the
12 signs of the Hindu (sidereal)zodiac. Her description in the Tantraraja Tantra is as a beautiful
young woman, the colour of gold, with eight arms, dressed in yellow silk garments, adorned with
rubies. She holds a red lotus, a conch, a bow of red sugarcane and the full moon in her left hands;
in her right a white water lily, golden horn, flowery arrows and a citron. Around her are
numberless Shaktis who look like her. She is the dweller in fire who devours the universe.

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6. Mahāvājreśvarī (ऊं / ūṃ)

Her vidya-mantra is Um Hrim Klinne Aim Krom Nityamadadrave Hrim Um Mahavajreshvari Nitya
Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

She is described in the Tantraraja as having four arms, three eyes, garmented in red, red in
colour, wearing red jewels and strewn with red flowers, wearing a crown of rubies. She sits on a
throne on a golden boat which floats on an ocean of blood, and holds noose, goad, sugar cane
bow and flowering arrows. She is surrounded by a host of Shaktis similar to her and sways while
she smiles mercifully.

The description in the DS differs. Here, she is described as resembling the china rose, wearing red
clothes, and holding noose, goad, skull and dispelling fear. She is swaying from having drunk
pure wine. The yantra here is described as having a triangle, four petals, eight petals and a
bhupura.

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7. Śivadūtī (ऋं / ṛṁ)

According to Nityotsava, an expansion of the Kalpasutras, the vidya-mantra of Shivaduti Nitya is

Aim Hrim Shrim Shivadutyai Namah Shivadutinitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.
She is called Shivaduti because she makes Shiva her messenger (Duti).

The Tantraraja describes her as being dressed in red, with nine jewels in her crown, surrounded
by Rishis singing her praises and having eight arms and three eyes. She looks as bright as the
summer sun at midday and smiles sweetly. Her hands hold horn, shield, mace, cup, goad, cleaver,
axe and lotus.

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8. Tvaritā (ॠं / ṝṁ)

Tvarita is the ninth Nitya (Eternity) in the cycle. Also called Totala Devi. She is called Tvarita
("Swift") as She grants fruit to the sadhaka quickly. She is of auspicious form, in the first flush of
youth, and dark in colour. She has 3 eyes and 4 hands and Her beautiful lotus-like face smiles
gently. She is clad in new leaves

. She is adorned with 8 fierce and great serpents of 4 kinds, and with waist chains and anklets. On
Her head is a crystal crown with a crest of peacock feathers. Her arms are adorned with bangles
made of beautiful peacock feathers. She has an umbrella and a banner made of peacock feathers.
She wears strings of (red) gunja berries around Her throat, and Her breasts are smeared with red
sandal and kumkum. She holds noose, goad, dispels fear, and grants boons.In front of this
Goddess is a black servant carrying a mace, who is worshipped for the attainment of the desired
fruit. On either side of Her are Her two Shaktis Jaya (conquering) and Vijaya (Victorious) who are
like Her and who carry and swing gold canes.The 8 Serpents are: Ananta & Kulika, fiery in colour,
each with 1000 hoods, Her ear ornaments. Vasuki & Shankhapala, yellow in colour, each with 700
hoods, Her upper arm bangles. Takshaka & Mahapadma, blue in colour, each with 500 hoods,
Her girdle. Padma & Kartataka, white, each with 300 hoods, Her toe ornaments. Her Shaktis are
Humkari, Khechari, Chandi, Chedini, Kahepani, Strikari, Dumkari, Kahemakari -- these are similar
to the Lokapalas, and the Shaktis in the 8 petals of the yantra. Her mantra is Om Hrim Hum Khe
Ca Che Ksah Strim Hum Kse Hrim Phat.
9. Kulasundarī (ऌं / ḷṁ)

Her vidya-mantra is given as Aim Hrim Shrim Aim Klim Sauh Kulasundari Nitya Shri Padukam
Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

She has twelve arms and six faces, says the Tantraraja. In her right hands she holds coral mala
(rosary), lotus, a gem-studded pitcher, drinking cip, lemon and displays the exposition mudra.
Her left hands hold book, red lotus, golden pen, garland of gems, conch shell with the last
showing the boon mudra, according to the same tantra. Around her are hostes of Kinnaras,
Yakshas, Devas and Gandharvas.

The letters of the vidya Aim Klim Sauh comprise the Tripura bulb which is the united state of
knower, knowledge and object of knowledge; the three humours of Vata, Kapha and Sleshma;
and Fire, Sun and the Moon. According to the DS (chapter 48), Kulasundari is identical
with Bala and placed in the Eastern lion-seat.

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10. Nityā (ॡं / ḹṁ)

The Kalpasutra's version of Nitya Nitya's mantra runs Ha Sa Ka La Ra Daim Ha Sa Ka La Ra Dim Ha

Sa Ka La Ra Dauh Nitya Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah.

The Tantraraja describes her as like the dawn sun, ruling the Shaktis of the bodily dhatus (Dakini,
Shakini, Rakini &c), dressed in red clothes and wearing rubies. She has three eyes and 12 arms
and holds in her hands noose, white lotus, sugar cane bow, shield, trident, and favour mudra,
goad, book, flowering arrows, sword, skull, mudra dispelling fear.

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11. Nilapatākā (एं / eṁ)

Her name means Sapphire Banner and her mantra is Aim Hrim Shrim Phrem Strum Krom Am Klim
Aim Blum Nityamadadrave Hum Phrem Hrim Em Nilapataka Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami
Tarpayami Namah.

The Tantraraja says that she is nila (sapphire) in hue with five faces and ten arms, wearing red
clothes and beautiful gems. Her left hands show noose, banner, shield, horn bow, and the mudra
granting gifts. Her right hands show goad, dart, sword, arrows and the mudra banishing fear. She
sits on a lotus surrounded by hordes of Shaktis like her. She rules the Yakshinis and the 64
Chetakas and has an uncanny collection of siddhis or magical powers to grant to her sadhaka or
sadhika including a sword unbeatable in battle (Khadga siddhi), Treasure, the power to see
through walls (Anjana), the ability to travel miles in an instant (Paduka Siddhi) and lots, lots more.

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12. Vijayā (ऐं / aiṁ)

She brings victory in battle and success in buying and selling, hence her name, Victorious.

According to Nityotsava, her vidya mantra is Aim Hrim Shrim Bha Ma Ra Ya Aum Aim Vijaya Nitya
Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah. According to the DS she has one head and 10 arms
and wears a garland of human skulls but the dhyana or meditation image in the Tantraraja differs
from this. There she has five heads and 10 arms which hold conch, noose, shield, bow, white lily,
discus, goad, arrows and lemon.

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13. Sarvamaṅgalā (ओं / oṁ)

Her name means "all auspicious" and her vidya mantra is Aim Hrim Shrim Svaum Om
Sarvamangala Nitya Shri Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah. She has two arms and one head,
sits on her lotus yantra and has eyes which represent the sun and the moon, while she smiles
sweetly. In her right hand she holds a citron and with the left shows the boon-giving mudra. All
her 76 attendants surround her, they are solar, lunar and fiery.

She rules over the kalas (parts or digits) of the sun (12), the moon (16) and fire (10). This numbers
38 and her attendants are doubled because each is with her consort.

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14. Jvālāmālinī (औं / auṁ)

Her name means "garlanded with flames" and her mantra, according to Tantrarajatantra, is Om
namo bhagavati Jvalamalini devadevi sarvabhutasamharakarike jatavedasi jvalanti jvala jvala
prajvala prajvala Hrim Hrim Hum Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Jvalamalini Hum Phat Svaha.

As the Nitya of flame, she is surrounded by Shaktis, each of whom resembles her and she herself
has a body of flaming fire, with six faces and 12 arms. Each of her faces, each with three eyes,
smile sweetly.

Her 12 hands hold noose, goad, arrow, mace, tortoise, spear, flame and she shows two mudras -
granting boons and dispelling fear.

The DS gives a different yantra to the Tantraraja, with one of the mandalas having forty rather
than 32 petals.

The Shaktis and her description also show variants. She is described as sitting on a lion-seat, and
holds different weapons which include the damaru drum and a jar of wine.

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15. Citrā (अं / aṁ)

The last Nitya in the cycle is Chitra, whose mantra is Aim Hrim Shrim Ckaum Am Chitra Nitya Shri
Padukam Pujayami Tarpayami Namah. Her name means variegated and she wears a silk garment
of different colours, has four arms, one head and holds noose, goad, and shows the gestures
granting boons and dispelling fears.

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16. Mahānityā (अः / aḥ)