Naamam 1-12





श्री माता (1)श्री महाराज्ञी (2)श्रीमत् सिंहासनेश्वरी (3)
Śrī Mātā Śrī Mahārājñī
Śrīmat Siṃhāsaneśvari

She is the Creator, sustainer and also the dissolver.  The universe was created out of Her.
Śrī Mahārājñī means the queen of queens, the empress.
As a mother She creates and as the supreme queen, She sustains the universe.
The supreme queen uses lion as her vehicle





चिदग्निकुण्ड-संभूता (4)
देवकार्य-समुद्यता(5)
Cidagnikuṇḍa-saṃbhūtā  Devakārya-samudyatā

She is the supreme consciousness who dispels ignorance.  She dispels ignorance through Her form of pure consciousness, who illuminates within, dispelling the darkness of māyā, like fire born out of Agni kunda.
She is benevolent to those who seek knowledge about the Brahman.





उद्यद्भानु-सहस्राभा (6)
Udyadbhānu-sahasrābhā
चतुर्बाहु-समन्विता (7)
Caturbāhu-samanvitā

Lalitāmbikā appears as bright as thousand suns rising at the same time.
The physical appearance of Lalitāmbikā begins here.  She has four arms.  These four arms represent Her ministers, through whom She administers.







रागस्वरूप-पाशाढ्या (8)
Rāgasvarūpa-pāśāḍhyā
क्रोधाकाराङ्कुशोज्वला (9)
Krodhākāraṅkuśojvalā

Rāga means desire or a wish.  Pāśa is a type of rope used to pull an object.  She pulls all the desires of Her devotees using this rope
She holds an elephant hook in her right upper arm.  Krodha means hatred and akāra means knowledge. She uses this elephant hook to destroy the hatred if developed in Her devotees and gives them knowledge.
She never allows Her devotees to sink with desires.





मनोरूपेक्षु-कोदण्डा (10)
Manorūpekṣu-kodaṇḍā
पञ्चतन्मात्र-सायका (11)
Pañcatanmātra-sāyakā

Ikṣu means sugar cane and kodaṇḍa means a bow.  She holds in Her left lower arm a bow of sugar cane.  Why sugarcane bow?  If sugarcane is crushed, sweet and tasty juice is obtained from which sugar is manufactured.  It means if one crushes his mind (controlling the mind), he gets the sweet reality of the Brahman.  This arm is represented by Mantrinī also known Śyāmala Devi.
Lalitāmbikā targets Her devotees with  arrows to destroy illusion or māyā as the five subtle elements are associated with māya,  viz, excitement, madness, confusion, stimulation and destruction.This is Her right lower hand.  Vārāhī Devi is represented by this hand





निजारुण-प्रभा-पूर-मज्जद्-ब्रह्माण्ड-मन्डला (12)
Nijāruṇa-prabhā-pūra-majjad-brahmāṇḍa-manḍalā

Her red-rose like complexion radiates the universe with red colour.  From this nāma onwards, the description of Lalitāmbikā begins.  When physical description of a God is made, it is from foot to head and for Goddesses it is from head to foot.  For Lalitāmbikā, the description begins from Her head.

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