The thousand names of Devi Lalita each express an aspect of the divine. Indubitable as they are, they are replicated in paintings and sculptures produced in India to this day. The picture of the Devi that you see on this page befits the “sachamara Rama-Vani savya-dakshina sevita” aspect. Lakshmi (‘Rama’) and Sarasvati (‘Vani’) stand in either direction of the seated Tripurasundari - another name of the Devi - to the right (‘dakshina’) and the left (‘savya’), respectively. The word…
