Gods and Goddesses Card Deck: Mantras, Blessings, and Meditations (Mandala Wisdom Decks)

These cards are just beautiful. Great for learning a mantra for each diety and having a visual association for their archetype, but lovely coffee table art for visiting guests to admire. I love them and am very happy with my purchase.

I bought this to share with my young granddaughters and talk to them about Hindu gods and goddesses.Contrary to the impression in one early review, the quality of card-stock is great.I just went through the whole deck...I am a fairly informed Hindu and I can say that the short meditations on each card are really well chosen and appropriate. They are clearly the work of scholars who know the domain. The pictures are very nice reproductions of classical depictions.I am very glad I got them!

The pictures are exquisite. And I love that the mantras are given in Sanskrit (transliteration), and again in English, so that you can learn how to sound the mantras while also learning what they mean. The blessings associated with each God and Goddess described on the back of each card are also very helpful in learning the basic associations. There are far more cards then I had anticipated--52! The deck is a wonderful aid to meditation practice, and for strengthening one's intentions in life. Much gratitude to the creators of this beautiful deck!

These cards are large and sturdy, with nice thick card stock. The artist has slightly varying styles of painting depending on the god or goddess, depicting some with an aged art vibe, some as vivid and new. All of the cards are gorgeous, and include a mantra for the god or goddess, a meditation, and the blessings provided by each deity. I was surprised by how much I love these cards, and recommend them to anyone with an interest in the hindu pantheon.

Each card has the image of the deity on the front with a short description of the deity and a mantra for them on the back. The deck is great for any altar as you can use the image of your chosen god/goddess for meditation or prayer. I don't understand why they chose to put such long and complex mantras on the backs of these cards though. It would've made more sense to have the basic mantras with the bija sounds instead since a card deck like this would be most commonly purchased by those whom want more familiarity with the Indian gods.For example. One of my favorite mantras to recite is that of Saraswati - "Om Aim Saraswatyai Namaha" (Aim is the bija sound) Anyone, even a beginner can recite that basic 4 word mantra 108 times for their meditation practice. But the one they've chosen to put in the back of the card instead is this one"ya kundendu-tusara hara-dhavala ya subhra-vastravrta ya vina-vara danda mandita kara/ ya sveta-padmasana ya brahmacyuta-sankara-prabhrtibhir/ devaih sada vandita sa mam patu sarasvati bhagavati nihses jadyapaha."um...Why? A mantra like this is one I would expect to find in a book about mantras, not in the back of a card. Maybe some people will memorize and chant this 108 times, but they are not likely to be in the audience of those who purchase a reference deck.Ganesha's basic mantra "Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha" (Gum is the bija sound) But the mantra they chose to put down for Ganesha's card is so much longer and more complex.The artwork is beautiful and the cards feel good quality, but I think they would've been more useful if less space was taken up for these long mantras that few people will recite and more space used describing the attributes and story of the deity- which I think are lacking by comparison.

They’re beautiful. I’ve seen several reviews on here complaining about the mantras in these cards. I love them and the mantras are great. Then again I see a lot of people ordered these cards without having any familiarity with Sanatana Dharma whatsoever. Maybe that’s why they complained. I’ve been a student of Sanskrit and have studied Sanatana Dharma for fun since I was 12 (I’m 30 now) so I really do appreciate these cards a lot.

I thought the images were ok but not of the best quality. Some of them looked printed crooked on the cards. Others - a little out of focus or faded. I didn’t like that. Plus, I didn’t really connect with the deck as much as I thought i would

My fiancee is big into mythology, especially Hindu mythology. I bought this for her as a stocking stuffer, expecting it to fall by the wayside, never to be used - I couldn't have been more wrong - she regularly references the cards. They are very colorful, printed on thick cardstock, and are full of interesting facts. A must for anyone with even a passing interest in Hindu gods.