कुमारी पूजन

kumari poojan shakti sadhana ka ek anivary aang hai. is anushthan mean kumariyoan ka shodashopachar poojan shakti ke roop mean kiya jata hai. kumari ke svaroop ke vishay mean shakt taantrik smritikaroan se bhinn mat rakhate haian. smriti ke anusar asht varshiya balika ko 'gauri', das varshiya ko 'kanyaka' tatha dvadash varshiya ko 'kumari' kaha jata hai.

mukhy lakshan

taantrikoan ke mat mean kumari ka mukhy lakshan 'ajat pushpatv' (rajasvala n hona) hai aur isalie 'ajatapushpa' balika shodash varsh ke vayatak kumari hi mani jati hai. vayobhed se kumari ka namabhed hota hai. ek varshiya kumari ko 'sdhya' kahate haian, dvivarshaya ko 'sarasvati', trivarshiya ko 'tridhamoorti', chaturvarshiya ko 'kalika', panchavarshiy ko 'subhaga' aur isi prakar vay mean ek-ek varsh ki vriddhi hone par kramash: use 'uma', 'malini', 'kubjika', 'kanasankarsha', 'aparajita', 'roodrani', 'bhairavi', 'mahalakshmi', 'pithanayika', 'kshetrajna' tatha 'shodashavarshi' ko bannada kahate haian. tantr ka pramanik vachan hai- "evan kramen sanpoojya yavat pushpan n jayate."

• kumari poojan mean jati bhed ka vichar nahian kiya jata. kisi bhi jati ki kumari poojan ke lie grahan ki ja sakati hai-

tasmath‌ poojayedbala sarvajatisamubhh‌davamh‌ .
jatibhedo n karttavy: kumaripoojane shive ..

poojan

kumari poojan se pahale shadanganyas karane ka vidhan hai, jaisa taantrik poojan mean niyamat: kiya jata hai. prathamat: parikar devata ka poojan nitaant avashyak hota hai. abhisht parikar devata ke nam ye haian-

1. soory
2. chandrama
3. dash dikh‌pal
4. virabhadra
5. kaulini
6. ashtadashabhuja
7. kali tatha chand
8. durga

is pooja ke anantar kumari ka vidhivat poojan solahoan upacharoan se karana chahie. sadhak ka kartavy hai ki vah kumari mean samany manavi ki kalpana n kar use devi ki pratimoorti mane aur kumari mean devi ki poorn aantarik bhavana rakhe. aant mean use kul dravy arthath madhy sharab tatha panchatatv ka samarpan sadhak ko bhaktipoorvak hriday se karana p data haian aur is mantr se kumari ko aantim namaskar bheant kiya jata hai-

namami kulakaminian paramabhagyasanday
kumararatichaturian saralasidvimanandanimh‌ .
pravalagutikasrajan rajataragavastranvita
hiranyasamabhooshanaan bhuvanavakh‌kumarian bhajean ..

pavitr tithiyaan

pooja ke lie pavitr tithiyaan haian- ashtami, chaturdashi, amavasya tatha sankraanti. pooja ki samagri mean vastr, alankaran, bhojy, bhokshy, panchatatv tatha kul dravy ki ganana hai. annadakalp ka kathan hai ki kumari mean devi buddhi se poojan karane par hi sadhak ka param mangal hota hai, anyatha nahian. is poojan ka prachar mahachin (tibbat) se aranbh hua. annadakalp ka yah vachan praman roop mean uddhrit kiya ja sakata hai-

athanyath‌ sadhanan vakshye mahachinakramodbhavamh‌
yenanushthitamatren shighran devi prasidati ..

kumari ke chunav mean varnavastha ka shaithily bhi is poojan ke oopar bharatettar prabhav ka soochak mana ja sakata hai.

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