Namagiri Thayar (in Tamil that's நாமகிரித்தாயார்), is a Hindu goddess worshipped in Namagiri in modern-day Tamil Nadu, India, being the consort of Mahavishnu according to Hindu theology. She is significant for being influential in the life of early 20th-century mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920), as he oft credited her for the discovery of his mathematical theorems.
Srinivasa himself describes the nature of the dreams:
- "While asleep I had an unusual experience. There was a red screen formed by flowing blood as it were. I was observing it. Suddenly a hand began to write on the screen. I became all attention. That hand wrote a number of results in elliptic integrals. They stuck to my mind. As soon as I woke up, I committed them to writing..."[1]
It is believed by some devotees of the that the following stotras improves math skills, as Ramanujan was fond of chanting it[2][3][4]:
Samskritam:
- श्रीविद्या मन्त्र रत्न प्रकटित विभवा
- श्रीसुबला पूर्ण कामा सर्वेसि प्रार्थिता
- सकल सुरनुता सर्वे साम्राज्य धात्री
- लक्ष्मी श्रीवेद गर्भा विदुरतु मदीया
- विश्व कल्याण भूमा विश्व क्षेमात्म योगा
- विमल गुणवती विष्णु वक्षःस्थलस्य
English Transliteration:
- Sri Vidya Mantra Ratna Prakatidha Vibhavaa
- Sri Subalaapoorna Kaamasarveshaprathidhaa
- Sakalasuranootha Sarvasaamraajyathaathri
- Lakshmi Sri Veda Garba Vidhurathu Mathisaa Vishwa Kalyaanabhooma
- Vishwa kshemaatham Yoga Vimala Gunavathi Vishnu Vakshathalastha
English Translation:
- Salutations to the goddess who is blessed as one who proclaims the gem like Sri Vidhya Manthra,
- Who fulfils the desire of power, Who is considered as all the Gods,
- Who is praised by all devas, who is the queen of all empires,
- Who is Lakshmi , Who has within her all Vedas, who is learned and intelligent ,
- Who wishes for the good of the universe, Who is the pure one who wishes for welfare of the world,
- Who is on the chest of Lord Vishnu
Gallery[]
Afore mentioned drawing to the left of an in-person version of Thayar probably at one of the temples located in Namakkal.