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The 51 Shakti Peethas 21/51

Jayanti Mahapeeth Shakti Peetha

JayantiBaurbhag village, Sylhet Division

Also known as: Jayanti (Pithanirnaya)

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Jayanti Mahapeeth Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 21/51, Jayanti, Baurbhag village, Sylhet Division
In short

Jayanti is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s left thigh fell here, and the goddess is Jayanti and the Bhairava Kramadishvara. The Sylhet district government website places the "Jayanti Mahapeeth" at Baurbhag village in Kanaighat upazila; the historian D. C. Sircar also places the pitha at Kalajor-Baurbhog in the Sylhet area.

Deity
Jayanti
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 21/51
Place
Baurbhag village, Kanaighat upazila, Sylhet district
Region
Sylhet Division
Country
Bangladesh

Where the sources differ

  • The table in Banglapedia gives the left palm here, while the text of the same entry speaks of the temple of the "vama-jangha" (left thigh).
  • The Sylhet district list names a separate "Jaintashwari temple" at Nijpat in Jaintiapur upazila; that is not this Mahapeeth.
  • The count of pithas depends on the text: the Pithanirnaya lists 51, some Bengali lists 52, the Devi Bhagavata (7.30) gives 108 places with names of the goddess, and the early Tantras name only four (Sircar).

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Jayanti Shakti Peetha?

In Bangladesh, at Baurbhag village in Kanaighat upazila, Sylhet district (Sylhet district website). By the Pithanirnaya Sati’s left thigh fell here.

Which lists of tirthas include Jayanti Mahapeeth?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 21 of 51 in the list).

Sources

  1. D. C. Sircar, The Śākta Pīṭhas (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1948; Motilal Banarsidass, 1973): table of the Pithanirnaya pp. 35-37, note on this pitha p. 50 (archive.org)
  2. Vachaspatyam (Taranatha Tarkavachaspati), "pitha": the list of pithas quoted from the Tantrachudamani (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de)
  3. Sylhet district (sylhet.gov.bd): list of temples ("Jayanti Mahapeeth, Baurbhag, Kanaighat")
  4. Banglapedia (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh), "Sakta-pitha" by Masahiko Togawa: the table of the pithas in Bangladesh

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