LalithA SahasranAma [712] I [ kAmakalA]

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I [ kAmakalA] : This name proceeds to say that quallity [parAhamtA]

has two forms. This name is one-syllabled belonging to the turiya

known as KAmakalA. The derivation of the I is from A, and adding I:

ie A, Visnu and I his sister. The meaning is she partakes the nature

of Visnu [A] and that of his sister [ I ]

 

The Brahman becomes twofold by becoming both the quality and the

thing qualified. Again the quality is divided into two, masculine

and feminine. The feminine became the wife of Paramasiva, the

masculine becomes Visnu as the material cause of universe. These

three together, according to Saiva doctrine form the partless

Brahman. This doctrine is supported by the KUrma and other Prs., and

also AppayadIksita elaborately deals with it in his work

RatnatrayapariksA.

 

The nature of KAmakalA is explained in the VAmakesvaratantra

[Yoginihrdaya, I. 10 and 11] thus :"Without vowels, beyond the

visarga, beyond the knowledge arising from the vibrating bindu, from

the I, the real nature or PrakAsa joined with the flow of vibration,

arises, O beloved, this mAyA, the turiyA, the creator of the

universe."

The JNAnArnava says, "The syllable I is to be known as the red

colour shining" The same is repeated in the VAyu Pr., in the

KAmakalAvilAsa and other works. Sri SamkarAcArya in his work

Saundaryalahari [v.19] gives the mode of the worship of KAmakalA.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.