Saktapramodah of Deva Nandan Singh

ISBN: 9788124606896
Year Of Publication: 2013
Edition: 1st
Pages : xxii+100 p+614 p+2
Bibliographic Details : Indices; Bibliography; Indices
Language : English, Hindi, Sanskrit
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Foreword By : Radhavallabh Tripathi
Size: 25 cm.
Weight: 2000

Shktapramoda of Deva Nandan Singh is a liturgical paddhati-style compendium of sixteen independent ritual manuals. The first ten works, comprising the major part of the text, are dedicated to the group of ten Tantric goddesses, referred to as the Ten Great Mahavidyas or “Ten Supreme Powers” — the goddesses Kali, Tara, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshvari, Chinnamasta, Matangi, Tripurabhairavi, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi and Kamala. The next important text closely allied to the worship of the goddesses is the Kumari Tantra devoted to the worship of a young maiden (Kumari). The next group of works comprises the pentad of Tantras devoted to five deities: Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva, Durga and Surya. These five deities are invoked in almost all forms of ritual worship prescribed by the Vedas, Puranas and to a degree by the Tantras.
Each Tantra describes the dhyana of the deity, the yantra, mantras and the method of Tantric form of worship of the deity, along with praise hymns, protective formulas (kavaca) and litanies of divine names, be they a group of hundred names (shatanama) or a thousand names (sahasranama).
The first edition of Shktapramoda was published by Raja Deva Nandan Singh, an aristocratic zamindar of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, in the nineteenth century. The present edition brings together a fully edited and revised text with an elaborate introduction (in English), and a comprehensive index along with lithographic images of Tantric deities.

Foreword — Radhavallabh Tripathi
Lineage of Raja Deva Nandan Singh
Message — Ashok Nandan Singh and Aditya Nandan Singh
Editorial Note
Acknowledgement
Introduction
1. The Author: Patron and His Work
2. The Origin and Context of the Mahavidyas
3. The Ten Mahavidya Goddesses: An Overview
Mahavidya Kali – Mahavidya Tara – Mahavidya Shodashi – Mahavidya – Bhuvaneshvari – Mahavidya Chinnamasta – Mahavidya Tripurabhairavi/Bala – Tripurasundari – Mahavidya Dhumavati – Mahavidya Bagalamukhi – Mahavidya Matangi – Mahavidya Kamala
4. The Composition of Shaktapramoda
Dhyana – The Tantric Mantra – Yantra – Stotra – Kavaca – Hridaya – Upanishad – The Divine Names: The Shatanamas and the Sahasranamas – Puja-vidhi – Exoteric Worship
5. The Kumari Tantra
6. The Tantras of the Five Gods
The Durga Tantra – The Shiva Tantra – The Ganesha Tantra – The Surya Tantra – The Vishnu Tantra
7. Concluding Remarks
Shaktapramoda
1. Kalitantram
Kalidhyanam – Kaliyantroddharah – Kalimantroddharah – Dakshinakalisaparyavidhih – Bhutashuddhih – Shadanganyasah – Sthitikramah– Shodhanyasah – Vilomanyasah – Tattvanyasah – Bijanyasah – Manasapuja – Bahihpuja – Arghyasthapanavidhih – Patrasthapanavidhih – Tattvashuddhih – Batukadibhyo Balipradanam – Adharashaktyadipujanam – Dhyanadipujavidhih – Japavidhih – Kalisahasranamavali – Kumarisuvasinipujavidhih – Balidanaprakarah – Nityahomaprakarah – Purashcarananiyamah – Sankshiptapujavidhih – Karpurastotram – Kalistotram – Kalikavacam – Kalihridayam – Kalyupanishat – Kalishatanamastotram – Kali-Kakaradisahasranama
2. Taratantram
Taradhyanam – Tarayantroddharah – Taramantroddharah – Tarasaparyasaranih – Tarastotram – Tarakavacam – Tarahridayam – Taropanishat – Tarashatanamastotram – Tara-Takaradisahasranamastotram
3. Shodashitripurasundaritantram
Shodashidhyanam – Shodashiyantroddharah – Shodashimantroddharah – Shodashipujavidhih – Shodashistotram – Shodashikavacam – Shodashihridayam – Shodashyupanishat – Shodashishatanamastotram – Shodashisahasranama
4. Bhuvaneshvaritantram
Bhuvaneshvaridhyanam – Bhuvaneshvariyantroddharah – Bhuvaneshvarimantroddharah – Bhuvaneshvaripujaprayogah – Bhuvaneshvaristotram – Bhuvaneshvarikavacam – Bhuvaneshvarihridayam – Bhuvaneshvarishatanamastotram – Bhuvaneshvarisahasranama
5. Chinnamastatantram
Chinnamastadhyanam – Chinnamastayantroddharah – Chinnamastamantroddharah – Chinnamastapujavidhih – Chinnamastastotram – Chinnamastakavacam – Chinnamastahridayam – Chinnamastashatanamastotram – Chinnamastasahasranama
6. Tripurabhairavitantram
Bhairavidhyanam – Bhairaviyantroddharah – Bhairavimantroddharah – Bhairavipujavidhih – Bhairavistotram – Bhairavikavacam – Bhairavihridayam – Bhairavishatanamastotram – Bhairavisahasranama
7. Dhumavatitantram
Dhumavatidhyanam – Dhumavatiyantroddharah – Dhumavatimantroddharah – Dhumavatipujavidhih – Dhumavatistotram – Dhumavatikavacam – Dhumavatihridayam – Dhumavatishatanamastotram – Dhumavatisahasranama
8. Bagalamukhitantram
Bagalamukhidhyanam – Bagalamukhiyantroddharah – Bagalamukhimantroddharah – Bagalamukhipujavidhih – Bagalamukhistotram – Bagalamukhikavacam – Bagalamukhihridayam – Bagalamukhishatanamastotram – Bagalamukhisahasranama
9. Matangitantram
Matangidhyanam – Matangiyantroddharah – Matangimantroddharah – Matangipujavidhih – Matangistotram – Matangikavacam – Matangihridayam – Matangishatanamastotram – Matangisahasranama
10. Kamalatmikatantram
Kamalatmikadhyanam – Kamalatmikayantroddharah – Kamalatmikamantroddharah – Kamalatmikapujavidhih – Kamalatmikastotram – Kamalatmikakavacam – Kamalatmikahridayam – Kamalatmikopanishat – Shrisuktam – Kamalatmikashatanama – Kamalatmikasahasranama
11. Kumaritantram
Kumaripujanirnayah – Kumaripujadanakramah – Kumarimantrapurashcaranam – Kumaripujaprayogah – Kumaritarpanam – Kumaristotram – Kumarikavacam – Kumaristotram (Anyat) – Balidanakramah – Tantrikabalidanavidhih – Homapaddhatih – Sankshiptahomaprayogah
12. Durgatantram
Durgadhyanam – Durgayantroddharah – Durgamantroddharah – Durgapujavidhih – Durgastotram – Durgakavacam – Durgopanishat – Durgashatanamashtakam – Durgasahasranama
13. Shivatantram
Shivadhyanam – Shivayantroddharah – Shivamantroddharah – Shivapujaprayogah – Shivasahasranamavali – Shivarghyapradanam – Shivamahimastotram – Ravanakritashivastotram – Shivakavacam – Shivopanishat – Shivashatanamastotram – Shivasahasranama
14. Ganeshatantram
Ganeshadhyanam – Ganeshayantroddharah – Ganeshamantroddharah – Ganeshamantrah – Ganeshapujaprayogah – Ganeshashodashopacarapuja – Ganeshastavarajah – Ganeshakavacam – Ganeshatharvashirshopanishat – Ganeshashatanamastotram – Ganeshasahasranama
15. Suryatantram
Suryadhyanam – Suryayantroddharah – Suryamantroddharah – Suryapujavidhih – Suryastotram – Suryakavacam – Suryahridayam – Suryasuktam – Suryashatanamastotram – Suryasahasranama
16. Vishnutantram
Vishnudhyanam – Vishnuyantroddharah – Vishnumantroddharah – Vishnupujavidhih – Vishnustotram – Vishnukavacam – Vishnuhridayam – Vishnupanishat – Vishnvashtottarashatanamastotram – Vishnusahasranama
Appendix
Bibliography
Index of Texts cited in Shaktapramoda
General Index (of Introduction)
Index of Sanskrit Verses