Goddess Raja Matangi - Minister of Universe

 In Srividya , Shyamala devi (combination of Maha Saraswati and Raja Matangi). She is minister of universe. She is next to Goddess Raja Rajeswari/Goddess Lalitha tirupura sundari.

 She gives power to attract man, women, animals, wild animals, invisible being of entire universe.

 Matangi  the ninth of the Mahavidyas Devatas, is the Goddess of Wisdom and governs speech, music, knowledge, the spoken word, arts  and  supernatural powers. Her worship is prescribed to acquire extraordinary powers, especially gaining control over enemies, attracting people to self, acquiring mastery over all  the 64 arts and gaining supreme knowledge.  As She is the minister for Adhi Sakthi, She is also known as Raja Matangi, besides many other names as Sangita Yogini, Shyamala, Manthrini, Sachivesani, Sukapriya, Veenavathi, Mudrini, Kadambavanavasini, etc., She is also the presiding deity of the Mercury Planet.

 The Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Matangi and her fellow Mahavidyas and the goddess Shakambari, as war-companions . It is also stated that Matangi took the form of Madurai Meenakshi who ruled over Pandya kingdom  in South India and married Lord Siva .

Raja Matangi is usually depicted playing the veena and with a parrot on her shoulders .The Svatantra-tantra mentions that the Rishi Matanga practiced austerities for thousands of years to gain the power to subdue all beings. Finally, Goddess Mahasaraswati appeared and from eyes emitted rays that produced a young girl, who had greenish complexion and was known as Raja Matangi. With her help, Rishi Matanga fulfilled his desire of having the Goddess be born as his daughter.  Matangi is referred to as Shiva's sister. Matangi is often worshipped with the mantra syllable Aim, which is associated with Saraswati and is the seed-syllable of knowledge, learning, and teaching. A longer mantra of twenty syllables is also used:[18]

Matangi represents the power of the spoken word (Vaikhari) as an expression of thoughts and the mind. She also relates to the power of listening and grasping speech and converting it back to knowledge and thought. Besides spoken word, she also governs all other expressions of inner thought and knowledge, like art, music, and dance. Matangi presides over the middle part of speech (Madhyama), where ideas are translated into the spoken word and in her highest role, represents Para-Vaikhari—the Supreme Word manifested through speech and that encompasses knowledge of the scriptures. She is described as the goddess of learning and speech, and the bestower of knowledge and talent.[5] She is also called Mantrini, the mistress of the sacred mantras.[21] She also represents the word of a guru, who serves as a spiritual guide.[22] Matangi is described as dwelling in the Throat chakra—the origin of speech—and on the tip of the tongue. She is also associated with a channel called Sarasvati from the third eye to the tip of the tongue.[4] The goddess is described as one who helps a person to use appropriate  words suitable to the occasion in the right way and to go beyond it to seek the soul and inner knowledge, which lie outside the demarcated boundaries of tradition.

Besides the Mahavidya Bagalamukhi, Matangi is the other Mahavidya, whose worship is primarily prescribed to acquire supernatural powers.

Her mantra may be repeated ten thousand times, repeated one thousand times while offering flowers and ghee in a fire sacrifice, or repeated one hundred times while offering water (Arghya) or while offering food to Brahmin priests.[25] Her yantra (sacred geometric diagram), whether physically constructed or mentally envisioned,[25] is used in worship along with the mantra.[18] Offering certain items in a yagna—particularly those performed at cremation grounds, riverbanks, forests, or crossroads—while repeating the mantra is said to fulfill specific goals. An offering of Bael leaves is said to result in kingship; salt gives the power to control; turmeric gives the power to paralyze; neem twigs bring wealth; and an offering of sandalwood, camphor, and saffron together or a salt and honey mixture grants the power to attract people.[25] A rice-flour bread prepared while repeating her mantra is said to give the power to attract women.

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