Practices of Arya Sitatapatra (White Umbrella Deity) eBook
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The White Umbrella Deity, [Skt. Sitatapatra, Tib. gdugs dkar] is a powerful female deity. She has a thousand heads, arms, and legs, and has eyes on the palms of each of her hands and soles of her feet. Her two main hands hold a white umbrella and a Dharma wheel, and her other hands hold a multitude of weapons.
The White Umbrella Deity is relied upon for protection; healing illness; dispelling interferences, spirit possession, and harmful forces; quelling disasters; averting obstacles; and bringing auspiciousness.
Practices of Arya Sitatapatra (White Umbrella Deity)is a collection of two practices:
- The Supreme Accomplishment of Sitatapatra
- Praises and Repelling Practices of Sitatapatra.
Translated by Joona Repo.
2021 edition.
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Technical Note
Italics and a small font size indicate instructions and comments found in the Tibetan text that are not meant to be recited. Words in square brackets have been added by the translator for clarification. For example:
This is how to correctly follow the virtuous friend, [the root of the path to full enlightenment].
A Guide to Pronouncing Sanskrit
The following points will enable you to easily learn the pronunciation of most transliterated Sanskrit terms and mantras:
Ś and Ṣ sounds similar to the English sh
in shoe.
The difference between the two is where the tongue is positioned in the mouth.
C is pronounced similar to the ch
in chap.
CH is similar but is more heavily aspirated.
Ṭ, ṬH, Ḍ, ḌH, Ṇ are retroflex letters and have no exact equivalent in English. These sounds are made by curling the tongue towards the front section of the palate. They correspond roughly to the sounds tra
(Ṭ), aspirated tra
(ṬH), dra
(Ḍ), aspirated dra
(ḌH), and nra
(Ṇ).
All consonants followed by an H are aspirated: KH, GH, CH, JH, TH, DH, PH, BH. Note that TH and ṬH are pronounced like the t
in target
and tr
in trap
respectively, not like the th
in the.
The PH is pronounced like the p
in partial,
not like the ph
in pharaoh
.
Long vowels with a dash above them (Ā, Ī, Ū, Ṝ, and Ḹ) take approximately double the amount of time to pronounce versus their short counterparts (A, I, U, Ṛ, and Ḷ).
Ṃ indicates a nasal sound. At the end of a word it is generally pronounced as an m.
Ḥ indicates an h
-sounding aspiration. Ṛ is pronounced similar to the ri
in cringe.
Ṅ is pronounced similar