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LALITA SAHASRANAMA
 
bodies in herself the teaching of suc-
cessive generations of teachers
 
714 716 She transcends the sphere of the senses,
she is to be worshipped in the sphere
of the sun, she is Maya, the myste-
rious power
 
717-718 She is Madhumat: the ultimate step to be
taken by the highest yogin, and she is
also Mah the common ground
 
719-722 She is the mother of Siva's hosts and she
is worshipped by the divine guhyakas,
her form is tender, she is the beloved
of Siva, the great Guru
 
723 724 She is mistress of herself, she is the
presiding deity of all Tantras
 
725-727. She took the form of Dahsın imurti and
was worshipped by Sanaka and other,
sages; and to them she imparted the
knowledge of Siva
 
728-729 She is a spark of Divine Consciousness
a spark of Divine Bliss
 
730-731
 
She is Love too and grants us what we
love
 
732-734 She is pleased with the litany of her
 
names, she is the mantra of Nandı-
kesvara, she is the counterpart of
Natesvara