Naggar, Himachal Pradesh.
Tripurasundarī ("Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities") or Mahā-Tripurasundarī ("Great Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities"), also called Ṣoḍaśī ("Sixteen"), Lalitā ("She Who Plays"[1]) and Rājarājeśvarī ("Queen of Queens, Supreme Ruler"), is one of the group of ten goddesses of Hindu belief, collectively called Mahavidyas. She is the highest aspect of Goddess Parvati.
As true knowledge she is called Samvit, which is the power to comprehend all things as consciousness itself.
शिन्दुररुन विग्रहम् त्रिनयनम् मनिक्यमौलि स्फुरत्
टर नयक शेखरम् स्मितमुखिम् अपिन वक्शोरुहम् ।
फनिभ्यम् अलिपूर्न रत्न चशकम् रक्तोत्पलम् बिभ्रतिम्
शौम्यम् रत्न घतस्थ रक्तचरनम् ध्ययेत् परमम्बिकम्॥
Sinduraruna vigraham trinayanam manikyamauli sphurat
Tara nayaka shekharam smitamukhim apina vakshoruham |
Panibhyam alipoorna ratna chashakam raktotpalam bibhratim
Saumyam ratna ghatastha raktacharanam dhyayet paramambikam||
The Divine mother is to be meditated upon as shining in a vermilion-red body, with three eyes, sporting a crown of rubies studded with the crescent moon, a face all smiles, a splendid bust, one hand holding a jewel-cup brimming with mead, and the other twirling a red lotus.
As Shodashi, Tripurasundari is represented as a sixteen-year-old girl, and is believed to embody sixteen types of desire. Shodashi also refers to the sixteen syllable mantra, which consists of the fifteen syllable (panchadasakshari) mantra plus a final seed syllable. The Shodashi Tantra refers to Shodashi as the "Beauty of the Three Cities," or Tripurasundari.
Tripurasundari is the primary goddess associated with the Shakta Tantric tradition known as Sri Vidya.The Goddess Who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the "Moksha Mukuta".
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