LalithA SahasranAma: mUla kUta traya kalebarA

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mUla kUta traya kalebarA : The three divisions of the root [mantra]

form her body.

 

The three divisions of the mantra may be taken as forming either her

physical or her subtle form.

 

Really the word mUla [of the previous and this name] means the

subtler body called kAmalA. "The three divisions" are parts

of kAmakalA. This kAmakalA with its three parts is to be learned

from a guru alone. The first part of the kAmakalA is [called]

Urdhvabindu [one bindu at the top] the next is two crossed and the

lowest is called hArdakalA. These three in order take the form of

the three groups of the fifteen-syllabled mantra as well as the face

and other parts [face, throat to waist and down the waist] of the

physical form [of Devi]. The NathcaranAgama explains this and the

preceding name to indicate the subtler form of Devi, in her

collective and individual aspects.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.