She is three-fold, furthermore, because she expresses herself in Brahma, Visnu, and Siva in her roles as creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the universe. Here Tripura is identified with the alphabet, from which all sounds and words proceed and which is often understood to occupy a primordial place in tantric cosmology. She is also called Tripura because her mantra She is called Tripura because she is identical with the triangle (trikona) that symbolizes the yoni and that forms her chakra (see below). The Tripura Sundari Temple is located in the district town of Udaipur in Tripura, about one and a half-hour drive from Agartala. Therefore, " Tripura Sundarī" literally means "She who is beautiful in the three states of Consciousness". Īnother meaning of Tripura is Three states of Consciousness. However, " Tripura" can also mean " Śiva Śaktir ( Shiva Shakti)" while " sundarī" means "a beautiful woman". The Sanskrit word 'Tripura' is a combination of two Sanskrit words " Tri" meaning " tráyas (three)" and " pura" meaning a city or citadel, but also understood as referring to three cities or citadels "built of gold, silver, and iron, in the sky, air, and earth, by Maya for the Asuras, and burnt by Śiva" referring to the legend of the three cities destroyed by Shiva. In this rendering of the goddess, she is self-emergent, as the Sri Chakra is identical with the goddess herself". In another case, she is depicted as growing from the Sri Chakra, the yantra of Tripurasundari.
Kinsley says, In one instance she is said to be sitting on Shiva's lap in the kāmeśvara form, the "Lord of Desire". She is described as the supreme consciousness, ruling from above Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Tripura Upanishad places her as the ultimate Shakti (energy, power) of the universe.
Īccording to the Srikula tradition in Shaktism, Tripura Sundari is the foremost of the Mahavidyas, the highest aspect of Mahadevi and also the primary goddess of Sri Vidya. She is glorified in many Shakta texts, with Lalita Sahasranama being the most popular one. Tripura Sundari ( Sanskrit: त्रिपुर सुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi and Lalita, is a Hindu goddess and is an aspect of Mahadevi mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-oriented sect of Hinduism. Lalita Jayanti on Magha Purnima, Lalita Panchami Brahman, Shakti, Mahadevi, Mahavidya, Lakshmi, Parvati
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