The Devi Worshippers or Shaktas are of many kinds,of which three are important.
1.Those who follow 64 Tantras.-Ananta Shastry in the introducton to Anandalahari.(Kaulachara.
2.Eight Tantras-Mishra and
3.Five Tantras-Samaya sect.
There are many more.
But these five will do .
What are the Common Practices in Tantra?
The worship of the female principle is one of the basic tenets of Hinduism
Devi.
Sri Vidya
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Right from the Vedas, where the one of the Fundamental principles elaborated is Prakriti, the Female principle.
This, in conjunction, by mere Sparsa, meaning touch, slight rubbing, grazing,the word Sparsa is difficult to translate, with Purusa, the male principle is the cause for the evolution of this illusory world of Names and Forms.
Shaiva Siddhanta has two aspects Shiva and Shakti.
Lord Vishnu is described as the Ultimate Conjurer,in His Maya Form.
Samkhya Philosophy also speaks of Prakriti.
Prakriti is Nature ,
It is the Potential energy.
Kinetic Energy is The Purusha.
Yoga Sasra describes the Kundalini as a female.
Lalitha Sahasranama startts with the salutation, The Mother,-Sree Matha, Maharjne SrimadSrimad Simhasaneswari'
The worship of Devi is considered very effective and the methods of worship are strict and are tough.
So varied have been the forms of worship and methods that Adi Shankaracharya classified Shaakatam as a part of Shanmatha.
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