Sapta matrikas (Mathas) (Seven mothers) names (mantra) with meaning (information) | How many Matrikas are there? | What is the order of Sapta Matrika?
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Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) is highly amazing. We have meaning for each and every word and for each and every alphabet.
Starting from Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana etc. until the modern Puranas explains us everything, that is, how we should live? What should we eat? What should we drink? How we we need to talk? etc. everything is very clearly explained.
Someone who loves the Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) will always want to know more and more about Sanatana Dharma for a long period.
Similarly, our Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) Shastras (Hindu Texts) gives very good information about different mothers and motherhood.
First let us understand the meaning of the words ‘sapta matrika’. Here sapta = seven and matrika = mothers.
According to Bharatiya Sanatana Dharma / Vedic Scripture we have seven mothers. Let us know who they are. From our śāstra / shastra (Hindu Texts), it is also said that there are seven mothers.
Sapta Matrikas mantra is as given below (In Sanskrit, Kannada and English scripts):
आदौ माता गुरु-पत्नि ब्राह्मणि राज-पत्निका | धेनूर धात्री तथा पृथ्वी सप्तैता मातरः ||
ಆದೌ ಮಾತಾ ಗುರು-ಪತ್ನಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಿ ರಾಜ-ಪತ್ನಿಕಾ | ಧೇನೂರ್ ಧಾತ್ರೀ ತಥಾ ಪೃಥ್ವೀ ಸಪ್ತೈತಾ ಮಾತರಃ ||
ādau mātā guru-patni brāhmaṇi rāja-patnikā | dhēnūr dhātrī tathā pr̥thvī saptaitā mātaraḥ ||
List of Sapta matrikas (Seven mothers) names (in order) with meaning is as given below:
1. Mata (Biological mother) : adau mata – This means the mother who has given us the birth. The biological mother.
2. Guru Patni (Teacher’s wife) : guru-patni – The wife of spiritual master or teacher. Means one whose Guru’s wife is our second mother.
3. Brahmani (Brahmin’s wife) : brāhmaṇi – The wife of a brāhmaṇa (brahmin). Means the wife (braahmani) of any brahmana (brahmin).
4. Raja Patni (King’s wife) : rāja-patnikā – The queen, she is also mother. Means the wife of the king.
5. Dhenu (Mother cow) : dhenu – This means cow, that is, any cow for a matter is our mother. That’s why we give so much importance to the mother cow (Gau Maata).
6. Dhatri (Caretaker) : dhātrī – This means a caretaker (E.g., Nurse). If we are not well and if somebody helps us in healing us, then that lady is also our mother.
7. Prithvi (Mother earth) : tathā pṛthvī – As well as the mother earth. Earth is mother because she is giving us so many things, fruits, flowers, grains etc. for us.
Let us respect, protect & love all our seven maatas / mothers and get their blessings to progress in Lord Sri Krishna Consciousness.
PS: tathaa: tathaa means ‘and’.
Now let us know the sapta (seven) avatars of Goddess Sri Durga Devi
Sapta avatars / seven manifestations of Goddess Sri Durga Devi are as given below:
1. Aindri (Indrani) | 2. Brahmi (Brahmani) | 3. Chamundi | 4. Kaumari | 5. Maheshwari | 6. Varahi | 7. Vaishnavi |
Here Sapta Matrikas are the seven daivi / divine mothers representing the divine energies of key deities in Hindu philosophy. Here,
1. Aindri (Indrani) – She is the consort of Lord Sri Indra Deva, that is, Goddess Sri Sachi Devi.
2. Brahmi (Brahmani) – She is the consort of Lord Sri Brahma Deva, that is, Goddess Sri Sarasvati Devi.
3. Chamundi – She is the consort of Lord Shiva, that is, Goddess Sri Parvati Devi. She is the one who killed two demons named Chanda and Munda, and thus the name Chamundi.
4. Kaumari – She is the consort of Lord Shiva, that is, Goddess Sri Parvati Devi (Kaumari means the mother of Kumara, that is, Lord Kartikeya).
5. Maheshwari – She is the consort of Lord Sri Vishnu, that is, Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi Devi. Even consort of Lord Shiva, that is, Goddess Sri Parvati Devi is also called as Maheshwari.
6. Varahi – She is the consort of Lord Sri Varaha Swamy (an avatar of Lord Sri Vishnu), that is, Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi Devi.
7. Vaishnavi – She is the consort of Lord Sri Vishnu. Lord Sri Vishnu is known as ‘Vaishnava’ and his consort name is Vaishnavi, that is, Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi Devi.
Just to add some more information about ‘sapta’ (seven), let us understand the Saptapuri (Seven holy cities) of India as given below:
Ayodhya (In U.P.) | Mathura (In U.P.) | Kashi / Varanasi (In U.P.) | Kanchi / Kancheepuram (In TamilNadu) | Avantika / Ujjain (In M.P.) | Dwaraka / Dwarakapuri (In Gujarat) | Mayapuri / Haridwar (In Uttarakhand) |
All these Saptapuri / Seven holy places are said to be the most holiest and revered places attached with great religious and spiritual significances of Hindu Sanatana Dharma.
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