nityas
नित्या nityāThe Nitya goddesses, a set of fifteen (with Lalita as the sixteenth) identified with the lunar days (tithis) and worshipped in Srividya.
Where this term appears
- The Chariot Treatise
The principal commanders - Matangi and Varahi - engaged the demonic forces’ commanders directly. The Vagdevis and the Nityas operated in coordinated formation.
- The Court Treatise
…e four principal commanders gathered an entire structured court - the Nityas , the Vagdevis , the gatekeepers at the cardinal directions, the yoginis at each enclosure of the Sri Chakra, the gurus of the lineag…
- The Demon in the Fire Treatise
Others followed - Nakuleshvari , Jvalamalini , the Nityas , the eight Vagdevis (Vasini, Kameshvari, Aruna, Vimala, Jayani, Modini, Sarveshvari, Kaulini) who would later compose the Lalita Sahasranama on her com…
- The Manuals Treatise
…al level, the structure of the Sri Yantra, the worship of the fifteen Nityas (the goddesses of the lunar days that Chapter 2’s Chapter 4 walked), and the basic ritual architecture.