Kamala
Kamala is the tenth Mahavidya and the tantric form of Lakshmi: the lotus, the goddess of prosperity, purity and sovereignty, whose worship is the tantric prosperity practice with its own mantra and yantra.
Kamala is the Mahavidya who is Lakshmi: the corpus already has a Lakshmi entry, and this one records the tantric framing - tenth of the ten, with her own mantra, yantra and place in the sequence - rather than a second goddess. The planetary, elemental, zodiacal and tarot values are the same modern overlays as Lakshmi's. Where a source treats Kamala and Lakshmi as distinct, the difference is ritual and textual, not a different being.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- Lotus flowersRiceHoneyMilkSweetsGoldKumkum
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- KamalatmikaKamala DeviThe Lotus Mahavidya
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The LotusGoddess of ProsperityThe Tenth MahavidyaShe of the Golden Lotus
- Symbols
- LotusElephantGold coinsKalasha
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneGracious abundantAddressKamalaKamalatmikaMa KamalaRelationshipThe lotus that opens where the work has been doneWarningFortune follows the clean hand not the wishResonanceHouseholders those building or repairing a house
- Modern Practice
Kamala is worked with for prosperity, for the cleaning of a house and a ledger, and for generosity, in the tantric mode that gives her a bija, a yantra and a place in a sequence of ten. She is the Mahavidya a householder can approach without leaving the household.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- ProsperityAbundancePurityThe lotusSovereigntyGenerosityHousehold fortune
- Mythology Summary
Kamala is the tenth Mahavidya and the tantric form of Lakshmi: the lotus, the goddess of prosperity, purity and sovereignty, whose worship is the tantric prosperity practice with its own mantra and yantra. The Narayani Stuti of the Devi Mahatmya already praises the Devi as present in every being as Lakshmi, and the Mahavidya Kamala gives that presence a vidya and a place among the ten. She is the benign, householder-facing close of the Mahavidya series.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsRedGoldPinkWhiteScentsJasmineRoseSandalwoodLotusMetalsGoldSilverAnimalsElephantOwl
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