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LALITĀ-SAHASRANAMA
that of the upasana of the Panchadasäksari mantra, the
three khandas of the former corresponding to the three
kūtas of the latter
It is necessary for us to know these details of the
Kundalini yoga for understanding a good number of
names in the Lahta, as the author deals rather exten-
sively with this subject For instance, the names from
No 99 to No 110 refer to the chakras and the granthis
mentioned above They are as follows -
muladharaika-nilayā,
manipüranta-rudita,
brahma-granthi-vibhedini,
vişnu granthi-vibhedini, ajñā-
chakranta-ralastha, rudra-granthi-vibhedini, sahas-
rarāmbujā rudha, sudhasarabhivarsını, etc
And, not satisfied with this, he devotes again about sixty
names (No 475 No 534), giving a mass of rather
tiresome details about the seven Saktis-Däkini,
Räkını, etc, dwelling in these seven lotuses, together
with their forms, colours, tastes, weapons and atten-
dants And each of these Saktis is supposed to be a
form of the supreme Goddess herself
XIII
The kind of symbolism by which the various aspects
of the divine governance of the world are represented by
means of deities with their appropriate lokas, vahanas
ayudhas, etc, is, of course, very common in our Puranas,
and our sculptural and pictorial arts are mainly based
on it Sometimes it is simply symbolism run mad
The Tantra, as we have seen, adopts the same method
for representing the governance of the inner world
LALITĀ-SAHASRANAMA
that of the upasana of the Panchadasäksari mantra, the
three khandas of the former corresponding to the three
kūtas of the latter
It is necessary for us to know these details of the
Kundalini yoga for understanding a good number of
names in the Lahta, as the author deals rather exten-
sively with this subject For instance, the names from
No 99 to No 110 refer to the chakras and the granthis
mentioned above They are as follows -
muladharaika-nilayā,
manipüranta-rudita,
brahma-granthi-vibhedini,
vişnu granthi-vibhedini, ajñā-
chakranta-ralastha, rudra-granthi-vibhedini, sahas-
rarāmbujā rudha, sudhasarabhivarsını, etc
And, not satisfied with this, he devotes again about sixty
names (No 475 No 534), giving a mass of rather
tiresome details about the seven Saktis-Däkini,
Räkını, etc, dwelling in these seven lotuses, together
with their forms, colours, tastes, weapons and atten-
dants And each of these Saktis is supposed to be a
form of the supreme Goddess herself
XIII
The kind of symbolism by which the various aspects
of the divine governance of the world are represented by
means of deities with their appropriate lokas, vahanas
ayudhas, etc, is, of course, very common in our Puranas,
and our sculptural and pictorial arts are mainly based
on it Sometimes it is simply symbolism run mad
The Tantra, as we have seen, adopts the same method
for representing the governance of the inner world