Manipooraka chakra and svadishtaana chakra

 




मणिपूराब्ज-निलया (495)

Maṇipūrābja-nilayā

Maṇipūraka cakra is the navel cakra and the yogini who presides over this cakra is Lākinī.  From this nāma till nāma 503 (nine nāma-s) describe this yogini.  This cakra has ten lotus .

वदनत्रय-संयुता (496)

Vadanatraya-saṁyutā

Lākinī has three faces; hence, this cakra is discussed as the third cakra in this Sahasranāma.






वज्रादिकायुधोपेता (497)

Vajrādikāyudhoepetā

Lākinī has thunderbolt and other weapons.  She has four arms, two of them holding a thunderbolt and a śakti weapon. The other two hands have vara mudra (a mudra that grants boon.  Almost all the gods and goddesses have this mudra) and abhaya mudra (a mudra that protects by dispelling fear).

डामर्यादिभि-रावृता (498)

ḍāmaryādibhi-rāvṛtā

Lākinī is surrounded by ten of her assistants like Damarī.





रक्तवर्णा (499)

Raktavarnā

Her complexion is blood red in colour.

मांस-निष्ठा(500)

Māṁsa-niṣṭā 

Lākinī presides over flesh.  Flesh is found beneath skin and blood. 

गुडान्नप्रीत-मानसा (501)

Guḍānnaprīta-mānasā

Guḍānna refers to rice cooked with jaggery (jaggery is unprocessed sugar made out of sugarcane). Lākinī has a liking for this preparation.





समस्त-भक्त-सुखदा (502)

Samasta-bhakta-sukhadā

Lākinī confers happiness to all the devotees of Lalitāmbikā. 

लाकिन्यम्बा-स्वरूपिणी (503)

Lākinyambā-svarūpiṇī

She (the yogini) is in the form of Lākinī .





स्वाधिष्ठानाम्बुज-गता (504)

Svādhiṣṭānāmbuja -gatā

Yogini of svādhiṣṭāna cakra is known as Kākinī.  From this nāma till nāma 513 (ten nāma-s) describes this yogini.  This cakra is in coccyx area just above mūlādharā cakra and has six lotus petals.  

चतुर्वक्त्र-मनोहरा (505)

Caturvaktra-manoharā

Kākinī has four beautiful faces, hence described by Vāc Devi-s as the fourth cakra.





शूलाद्यायुध-संपन्ना (506)

Śulādyāyudha-saṁpannā

Kākinī has four hands that hold trident, noose, skull and elephant hook (aṅkuśa) as her weaponries. 

पीतवर्णा (507)

Pītavarṇā 

Kākinī has golden complexion. 

अति-गर्विता (508)

Ati-garvitā 

Kākinī is extremely proud.  She is proud of her beauty.





मेदो-निष्ठा (509)

Medo-niṣṭā

Kākinī presides over fat.  Fat is fourth layer beneath our skin hence this cakra is mentioned as the fourth cakra by Vāc Devi-s. 

मधु-प्रीता (510)

Madhu-prītā 

Madhu means honey.  Kākinī is fond of honey.  

बन्धिन्यादि-समन्विता (511)

Bandhinyādi-samanvitā

Kākinī is surrounded by six assistants like Bandhinī.  Each of her assistants presides over each of the petals.  Apart from Bandhinī, other important deities are Badhrakālī and Mahāmāyā.





दध्यन्नासक्त-हृदया (512)

Dadhyannāsakta-hṛdayā

Kākinī is fond of curd rice. 

काकिनी-रूप-धरिणी (513)

Kākinī-rūpa-dhariṇī

The presiding devi of svādhiṣṭhāna cakra is Kākinī who has been described in these ten nāma-s.

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