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LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
799. Rasa in literature means idealized emotion.
There are nine rasas beginning with śringāra according
to Sanskrit writers on aesthetics.
840. The müla-vigraha is the Raja-rajeśvarī śakti
which is the source of all other Saktis.
860. The name here is akanta-aka (sin)+anta
(end).
873. The three Vargas are dharma, artha and kāma.
875. Tripuramalini is the goddess of the Antar-
dasāra chakra which is one of the parts of Sri Chakra.
895. Yoni-nilayā may also be interpreted as one
ho dwells in the triangle of Sri Chakra'.
897. Kula here means the Kaula cult.
898. Vira here may be a technical term. The Tantra
divides all men into three classes-pasu (animal), vira
(heroic), divya (divine), according to the three predo-
minant qualities-Tamas, Rajas and Sattva.
905. The reference here is to the Bindu (called
Sarvanandamaya) in Sri Chakra.
906. The tativas or categories are twenty-five in
number according to the Sankhya system, and thirty-
six according to the Saiva and Säkta systems. (See
Introduction).
908. The reference here is to the famous Mahävākya
Tat-tvam-asi (That thou art) in the Chandogya
Upanişad.
912. Notice that the Devi is represented here as
favouring both the Samaya and the Kaula forms of
the worship of the Goddess.
LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
799. Rasa in literature means idealized emotion.
There are nine rasas beginning with śringāra according
to Sanskrit writers on aesthetics.
840. The müla-vigraha is the Raja-rajeśvarī śakti
which is the source of all other Saktis.
860. The name here is akanta-aka (sin)+anta
(end).
873. The three Vargas are dharma, artha and kāma.
875. Tripuramalini is the goddess of the Antar-
dasāra chakra which is one of the parts of Sri Chakra.
895. Yoni-nilayā may also be interpreted as one
ho dwells in the triangle of Sri Chakra'.
897. Kula here means the Kaula cult.
898. Vira here may be a technical term. The Tantra
divides all men into three classes-pasu (animal), vira
(heroic), divya (divine), according to the three predo-
minant qualities-Tamas, Rajas and Sattva.
905. The reference here is to the Bindu (called
Sarvanandamaya) in Sri Chakra.
906. The tativas or categories are twenty-five in
number according to the Sankhya system, and thirty-
six according to the Saiva and Säkta systems. (See
Introduction).
908. The reference here is to the famous Mahävākya
Tat-tvam-asi (That thou art) in the Chandogya
Upanişad.
912. Notice that the Devi is represented here as
favouring both the Samaya and the Kaula forms of
the worship of the Goddess.