Panchadasakhari as explained in Sree Soundaryalahari is provided here in audio format, Live from one of my classes with my student’s consent.

Consists of fifteen akṣaras.

The three sets of letters ka, ye, ee, la [first four] Vaak Bhava Koota

Ha, sa, ka, ha, la [second five] Kamaraja Koota,Manmatha Koota

Sa, ka, la [third three] Sakthi Koota.

Total 12 letters , with these, add in the end of each set hreem;ka, ye, ee, la, hreem- Ha, sa, ka, ha, la, hreem-Sa, ka, la, hreem.

Panca Dasa akshari maha-mantra called “kaadi vidya” for which the first letter is ‘ka’ is referred indirectly. There are three parts for this called ‘kootaas’.The first is called vaaghbhava kootam for which the mantra is ka, ye, ee, la, hreem;This shines with brilliance of the pralaya kaala agni, starts from mooladhaara and reaches anaahata.The second is called kaamaraaja kootam for which the mantra is ha, sa, ka, ha, la, hreem;This possesses the brilliance of crores of suns, starts from anaahata and reaches aajnaa-cakra.The third is called sakti kootam for which the mantra is sa,ka, la, hreem;This shines with crores of candraprakaasa, starts from aajnaa cakra and widens through to the middle of lalata or forehead.

Aatmavidyaa mahaavidyaa sreevidyaa kaamasevitaaSree Shodasaakshari Vidyaa trikootaa kaamakotikaa.

Haadi vidyaa :

-Sowbhaagya vardhini of the Kaivalyaasrama refers  thus –

‘This sloka also refers to lopaamudraa vidyaa called Haadi vidyaa and And also to durvaasa vidyaa referred by the trayodasa akshari mantra.Lopaamudraa vidya – or haadi vidyaa – Ha sa ka la hreem ha sa ka ha la hreem sa ka la hreemDurvaasa vidyaa or trayodasa akshari [13 letters] mantraHa sa ka la ha sa ka ha la sa ka la hreem.’

More to follow.

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शिवशक्तिः कामः क्षितिरथ रविश्शीतकिरणः
स्मरो हंसश्शक्रस्तदनु च परामारहरयः।
अमी हृल्लेखाभिस्तिसृभिरवसानेषु घटिताः
भजन्ते वर्णास्ते तव जननि नामावयवताम्॥

śivaśaktiḥ kāmaḥ kṣitiratha raviśśītakiraṇaḥ
smaro haṁsaśśakrastadanu ca parāmāraharayaḥ |
amī hṛllekhābhistisṛbhiravasāneṣu ghaṭitāḥ
bhajante varṇāste tava janani nāmāvayavatām ||

śivaḥ – Śiva; śaktiḥ – Śakti; kāmaḥ – Manmatha (Cupid); kṣitiḥ – the Earth; atha – then; raviḥ –  Sun; śītakiraṇaḥ – cool rays of Moon; smara – Manmatha (Cupid); haṁsaḥ – swan; śakra – Indra; tad anu ca – once again; parā – Brahmā; māra – Manmatha (Cupid); harayaḥ – Viṣṇu; amī – these (syllables); hṛllekhābhiḥ tisṛbhiḥ – with three hrīṁ-s (ह्रीं); avasāneṣu – at the end; ghaṭitā- connected with; bhajante – worshipping; varṇaḥ te – these syllables of Yours; tava – Yours; janani – Mother; nāma avayavatām – being part of Your names or the parts of your body in Saguna Upasana or the Attributes in Nirguna Aradhana .