hrim
ह्रीं hrīṃA primary bija, or seed-syllable, often called the maya bija. In tantric worship it carries the power of the Goddess, especially Bhuvaneshvari and the Devi of Sri Vidya, and is held to contain her living presence in a single sound.
Where this term appears
- What is a Mantra? Worship
…d" mantras, single syllables that carry no dictionary meaning at all: hrim , commonly tied to the Goddess as Bhuvaneshwari or to the power of maya ; shrim , to Lakshmi and to abundance; klim , to desire and to …
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
There is a further, more esoteric layer still, in which each name is joined to a seed syllable, a bija , the sun's sound distilled: Hram, Hrim, Hrum, Hraim, Hraum, Hrah , six seeds carried through the twelve.
- Bija: The Seed-Syllables Treatise
Among the well-known seeds: Hrim , the great seed of maya and of the World-Mother Bhuvaneshvari; Shrim , the seed of Lakshmi and of abundance; Klim , the seed of desire, the kama-bija ; Krim , the seed associat…
- Bhuvaneshvari: She Whose Body Is the World Treatise
The Goddess's own Om Her seed-syllable is Hrim , and of all the bijas in the Shakta world this is among the most exalted.
- Nyasa As Architecture Treatise
Binduvisargamatrika - with both. Hrillekhadi - beginning with the Hrim bija.
- The Caste And Gender Question Treatise
The Sri Vidya Hadi tradition’s central seed-syllable architecture — Ha-sa-ka-la-hrim in the standard structure — encodes her name.