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" chandraam" :<br> this word arising from "chadi"

dhatu, means to cause light,bliss or happiness.lakshmi

shines like chandra(moon) and similarly makes one

blissful with sacchidananda ghana rasa. Chandra is closely

associated with devi worship.15 kalas of chandra are related

to kameshwari and other tithi nithya deities .

Ayushkara and other prayogas mentioned in

kalpasutras(scriputre which hasa cannical status like vedas) prescribe

worship of Lalitha Mahatripurasundari in thelunar orit or

disc surrounded by the nithya deities.Though this is a

bhouthika prayoga, its inner significance lies in

meditation of the devis prakasha-vimarsha saamrasya maha

paduka in the karnka of the 100 petalled lotus in

sahsrara, mediattion carried out in dahara or

chidakasha.<br> " hiranmayeem" : lakshmi has the svabhava(nature)

and svarooap(form) of gold. Hiranya also means

sacred.The great formless absolute with sisriksha(desire to

create:become many) shines out the worlds,that are and were

ever within herself.A mere reflection of the internal

desire to create is seen as an external manifested

universe, thanks to her glden lustre.<br> shiva is called

hiranyaretas.hiranya means prakriti and hervarious

transfrmations.Shakthi, who is responsilr for shiva's powers to

crate,destroy,preserve etc is called hiranmayee, according to kalika

purana.Ever in communion with this eternal

parashakthi,parabrahma kameshwara becomes Hiranyaretas.<br> In Agastya

maharshi's Sristava,he expalins the essence of this

mantra:<br> knowledge or awareess in mind,light in sun,shine

in moon,lstre in gold,butter in gold-- are all forms

of the great mother.He seesmother as all this ad

everything ;as the very attribute of anything and

everything.<br> In this mantra shivaakshara. a bija of

panchadashi brahmavidya is revealed through samketaaksharas.

Ten sylabbled gajalkshmo or sarvasamrajya lakshmi can

also be traced.<br><br>,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,