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LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
 
demon king, and from the nails of
her hands leap up once again the ten
Avatars of Visnu
 
81-82 With the fire of the great missile Pasu-
pata che scorches to death the armies
of the demon, and with the flames of
the missile of Kamesvara she destroys
both Bhanda and his capital Sunyaka
Her power is now praised by all the gods
-Brahma, Visnu, Indra and others
And then, like a life-giving herb she
revives the god of love who was
burnt to death by the fire of Siva's
 
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84
 
eye
 
85 Fair as a lotus her face represents the
Vagbhava part of the Panchadašī
 
mantra
 
86-87 And from her throat to her waist she
represents the central part of the
mantra and from below her waist
she represents Śakt: the last part
 
88-89 She is the original mantra itself, and
 
her body stands for all the three
parts
 
She revels in the nectar of the mystic
lotus with a thousand petals
 
She guards the mysteries of the Kaula
doctrine, she is a woman of honour
She is the essence of the Kaula scriptures,
the core of the Kaula faith, and she
 
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91-92
 
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