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LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
 
246 248. She is Pärvatî, her eyes are like lotuses,
and she shines like a ruby.
 
249 250.
 
251-253.
 
255.
 
256-262.
 
254. She is herself the meditation, the person
who meditates and is likewise the
object of meditation.
 
263.
264-269.
 
On five lifeless deities is her seat
arranged, and of five Brahmás is her
form composed.
 
Pure consciousness is she and supreme
bliss and deep understanding.
 
274.
 
275 276.
 
And she is beyond both good and evil
Like ourselves, she has a Višva form in
the waking state, a Taijasa form in
the dreaming state and a Prājñā
form in the state of deep sleep. She
has also a fourth state which trans-
cends all other states
 
She is again devoid of all such states.
She is the creator in the form of
Brahma, the protector in the form of
Visnu and the destroyer in the form
of Rudra.
 
270 273. And she causes involution as Isvara;
 
and as Sadasiva she graciously starts
the process of evolution again.
 
She is ever absorbed in all these five
functions.
 
She stands at the centre of the sphere of
the sun; she is Bhairavi the terrible.