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LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
 
588 The reference is to the three kutas of the
Panchadasaksari mantra
 
589 Kama here means Paramasiva and koti means
aim or goal
 
591-592 The Devi is supposed to reside in the
Brahma randhra in the head The pericarp of the
sahasrara lotus' below Brahma randhra is like the
moon
There is also veiled reference here to the
third kut of the Panchadas: vidya
 
593-594 The Devi resides in the forehead in the
form of the bindu of the syllable hrim
 
59596 In the heart where she is contemplated
she has the form of the sun as anahata which is near
the heart, forms part of the solar region in the body
This is a reference to the second kuta of the Panchadası-
vidya The chakras in the human body are grouped
 
thus -
 
(1) muladhara and svadhistana-fire
(2) manipura and anahata-sun
(3) Visuddhi and ajña-moon
(4) sahasrara the higher moon
 
600 The legend of Daksa s sacrifice has many
forms The substance of it is that Daksa one of the
Prajapatis wanted to perform a sacrifice, from which
Siva was to be excluded Thereupon Uma the wife of
Siva (and the daughter of Daksa in her former birth)
instigated her husband to display his power and assert
himself Accordingly Siva went to the sacrifice with a
host of his followers, broke up the sacrifice and injured
the gods assembled