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is the object of Kaula worship, and
resides in the Akula lotus.
 
LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
 
97-98. She is likewise the centre of the Samaya
doctrine; she doth cherish the
Samaya traditions as well.
 
99.
 
100-103.
 
Her chief abode is the Muladhāra.
She breaks through the Brahma-granthi
above and makes her appearance in
the Manipura; and then, breaking
through the Vişnu-granthi, she occu-
pies the centre of the Ajna-chakra.
104-106. Then again she breaks through the
 
Rudra-granthi and reaches the lotus
with a thousand petals and sends
down from there streams of nectar.
 
107-108. Shining like a flash of lightning she
establishes herself above the six
 
chakras.
 
109. She longs ever more for this consumma-
tion.
 
110-111. Like a coiled serpent is she, and fine as
the fibre of a lotus stalk.
 
112-113. She is Bhavani and she is realized
through meditation.
 
114. She is the axe which cuts down the
jungle of Samsāra.
 
115-116. She loves whatever is auspicious, she is
herself auspiciousness.