LalithA SahasranAma [299] NadarUpA

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NadarUpA : In the form of Sound.

 

There are eight notes [varnas] above the bindu of the syllable hrim,

etc. such as ardhacandra, rodhini, nAda, nAdAnta, sakti, vyApikA,

samAnA and unmani which are subtle, more suntle, and most subtle; of

these the third is nAda. Its nature is described in the MahAsvacchanda

Tantra. "Nada, which resembles the filament of the lotus, shining

like crores of suns, surrounded by innumerable cities, is above

rodhini [the 2nd] of above mentioned…… The Supreme Devi, seated on the

lap of that [nAda], leading upward, should be contemplated."

 

Or Nada is simply sound.

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.