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{The house of holy thought},In the north east is the chid agni kunda and on both

sides of its eastern gates are the house Manthrini and Dhandini. On its four

gates stand the Chaduramnaya gods of watch and ward.And with in it is the Sri

chakra.In the centre of Sri chakra on the throne of pancha brahmas on the bindu

peeta{dot plank} called sarvanandmaya{universal happiness} sits Maha Tripura

Sundari.In the sri chakra are the following  decorations viz, The square called

Trilokya mohanam{most beautiful in the 3 worlds,The sixteen petalled lotus

called sarvasa paripoorakam{fullfiller of all desires}, the eight pettaled lotus

called sarvasamksopanam{ the all cleanser}, the sixteen corner figure called

sarva sowbagyam{all luck},the external ten cornered figure called sarva raksha

karam{all protector},the eight cornered figure called sarva roka haram {cure of

all diseases},triangle called sarva siddhi pradam{giver of all powers} and the

dot called sarvananda

mayam{all pleasures}.

The devas prayed her to kill Bhandasura.. when she started for the war with

Bandasura, she was accompained by the powers called anima,mahima etc,

Brahmi,Kaumari,Vaishnavi,Varahi, Mahendri,Chamundi,Maha lakshmi,Nitya devaths

and avarna devathas who occupy the Sri chakra .While Sampatkari devi was the

captain of the elephant regiment,Aswarooda devi was the captain of cavalry.The

army was commanded by Dhandini riding on the charriot called Giri chakra

assisted by Manthrini riding on the chariot called GEYA CHAKRA.... Jwala malini

protected the army by creating a fire ring around it.Para shakthi rode in the

center on the chariot of Sri chakra.Nithya Devi destroued a large chunk of

Bandasura'sarmies,Bala devi killed the son of bandasura, and Manthrini and

Dhandini killed his brothers Vishanga and Vishukra.When the Asuras created

blockade for the marching army Sri Lalitha Tripura sundari created ganesha with

help ofKameshwara to remove theblockade.Then

Bandasura created the asuras called Hiranyaksha,Hiranya kasipu and Ravana.The

Devi created the ten avatars of Vishnu and destroyed them.She killed all his

army using Pasupathastra and killed him with Kameshwarasthra.The gods then

praisedher.She then recreated Mnmatha for the good of the world.This story is

contained in the first 84 names of the first 34slokas if lalitha sahasrs nama.

and all together contain in the first  84 names of the first 34 slokas of

Lalitha sahasra nama.and alltorther contains one thousand names.This is called

the Rahasya nama sahasra{the thousand secret names}.Reading it,meditating on the

meaning of the names would lead to the fulfillment of all the wishes of the

devotees.

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Bharathi.A