LSBhasya6&7 .

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I could not post the LSBhasya for a few days; here's Bhaskararaya's

commentary on the next two names.

 

6.Bright as thousands of rising suns (udyadbhanu sahasrabha).

This indicates that she is very red. The Svacchandatantra

says: “Lalita the universal form is said to be Her own self (i.e.

prakasa), the red colour is her vimarsa one. To worship her is to

meditate, on her as such.†The Vamakesvaratantra also says, “The Devi

Tripura herself is her real form, and her red complexion is the

manifested one.â€

Thus there are three forms of Devi, which equally partake of both

the prakasa and vimarsa aspects, namely the physical (sthula), and

the subtle (suksma), and the supreme (para); the physial form has

hands, feet, etc.; the subtle consists of mantra and the supreme is

the vasana (though it means ideal or mental; according to Mantra-

sastra it is a technical word meaning real or own). The subtle form

again is threefold (vide the comm. On the 11th name), of the three

forms, the physical one is now described.

 

7. Endowed with four arms ( chaturbahusamanvita).