LalithA SahasranAma [391] nityAsodasikArUpA

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nityAsodasikArUpA : In the form of sixteen eternal deities.

 

The sixteen deities are from Kamesvari to Tripurasundari. The

TantrarAja says, "The fifteen deities are the limbs of LalitA who is

the first [of the sixteen]; as she is endowed with these limbs she is

the body, of which they are parts."

 

Or nityA, compulsory; A frequent; sodasikA, a house where graha

sacrifice is performed; rUpa pleased, ie she is pleased by the

compulsory sacrifices. The Sakti-rahasya says, "The Mother is as much

pleased by a singpoe repetition of the sodasi [sixteen-syllabled

mantra], as by crores od vAjapeya and of sodasi sacrifices"

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry