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Tripura Sundari is the third Mahavidya. She is the devi who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds". She is the head of Manidweepa, the eternal supreme abode of her. She is also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi, Kamakshi and Lalita. She is the highest form of Mahadevi.
Tripura Sundari is the third Mahavidya. She is the devi who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds". She is the head of Manidweepa, the eternal supreme abode of her. She is also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi, Kamakshi and Lalita. She is the highest form of Mahadevi.
She is also the primary devi of Sri Vidya. She is mostly glorified in Lalita Sahasranama and Tripura Upanishad. Her consort is Kameshwara, a form of Shiva.
In one instance she is said to be sitting on Shiva’s lap in the kāmeśvara form, the "Bhagwan of Desire".
In one instance she is said to be sitting on Shiva’s lap in the kāmeśvara form, the "Bhagwan of Desire".
In another case, she is depicted as growing from the Sri Chakra, the yantra of Tripurasundari. In this rendering of her, she is self-emergent, as the Sri Chakra is identical with herself.
She is often depicted as a 16-year old girl (hence the name "Shodashi") seated on a lotus.
She is often depicted as a 16-year old girl (hence the name "Shodashi") seated on a lotus.
Shodashi rests on the supine body of Sadashiva, which in turn lies on a throne whose legs are the tridev Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Ishwara too. In some cases, the lotus is growing out of Shiva’s navel. In other more common cases, the lotus is grown directly from the Sri Chakra.
In the Shri Vidya school of Hindu tantra, the Sri Yantra ("sacred instrument"), also Sri Chakra is a diagram formed by nine interlocking triangles that surround and radiate out from the central (bindu) point. It represents the devi in her form of Shri Lalita or Tripura Sundari.
The worship of the Sri Chakra is central to the Shri Vidya system of Hindu worship. Four isosceles triangles with the apices upwards, representing Shiva or the Masculine. Five isosceles triangles with the apices downward, symbolizing female embodiment Shakti.
Thus the Sri Yantra also represents the union of Masculine and Feminine Divine. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is known as the Navayoni Chakra.
Sri Chakra is identical to the yantra described in the Śvetāśvatara Upanishad.
Sri Chakra is also known as nava chakra.
Sri Chakra is identical to the yantra described in the Śvetāśvatara Upanishad.
Sri Chakra is also known as nava chakra.
The Lalitopakyana tells of the epic battle between her forces and the forces of the arch-demon Bhandasura, a demon created from the ashes of Kamadeva.
Tripura Sundari Ashtakam by Adi Shankaracharya describes her as a mother wearing a blue and red-spotted dress holding honey pot.
Tripura Sundari Ashtakam by Adi Shankaracharya describes her as a mother wearing a blue and red-spotted dress holding honey pot.
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