shrI lalitA aShTottara shatanAmAvaliH-27

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> 26. bR^ihannitaMbavilasajjaghanaayai namo namaH

> Salutations to Her, whose form appears with great hips and

> lower back.

 

 

 

27. saubhaagyajaatashR^i.ngaaramadhyamaayai namo namaH

 

Salutations to Her, whose waist is pretty (dainty),

 

and is the cause of saubhAgya(welfare, good luck,etc.).

 

 

A related name in LS about Her waist would be

 

"lakShyaromalatAdhAratAsamunneyamadhyamA" - 35.

 

meaning- "Her waist is to be ineferred only from the group

 

of creeper-like hair".--R.A.Sastry's translation.

 

In Devi's form, the part from throat to waist is called

 

KAmarAja-kUTa or madhya-kUTa. I dont know if it is correct to

 

think of madhyama as madhya-kUTa.

 

rgds