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Mahavidya 5 · Ugra
भैरवी
Bhairavi · Bhairavī
Fierce discipline and transformative tapas.
स्वरूप एवं प्रतीक
IconographyRadiant red as fire, three-eyed, bearing a garland, book and trident, with abhaya — the heat that purifies.
महिमा एवं कथा
Significance & StoryBhairavi is the fierce warmth of tapas that burns away impurity and inertia. She is the power of transformation active in the body as Kundalini and in the cosmos as dissolution's fire. Her worship steels the will and purifies the sadhaka for higher practice.
बीज मंत्र
Bija Mantraॐ त्रिपुरभैरव्यै नमः
oṃ tripurabhairavyai namaḥ
The full sadhana mantras vary by lineage; diksha (initiation) from a guru is traditionally required.