What is Tripura Sundari?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox deity|type=Hindu|image=File:Goddess_Lalita_Tripura_Sundari.jpg|caption=|name=Tripura Sundari|deity_of=Mother Goddess;<br/>One of the Highest Forms of [[Mahadevi]]<br />The Governess of the Universe <br/>[[Para Brahman]], the Supreme Being|abode=[[Manidvipa]] / Śrī Nagara|weapon=[[Pasha (Hinduism)|Pasha]] (noose), [[Ankusha]] (elephant goad), arrow and sugarcane bow{{sfn|Kinsley|1998|p=112}}|consort=[[Kameshvara]]|children=<!-- none: Bala is one of her own forms, not her child -->|mantra=*ॐ श्री मात्रे नमः Om Sri Matre Namah|region=|festivals={{hlist|Lalita Jayanti on Magha Purnima|Lalita Panchami|[[Navaratri]]|Adi-Puram|Upang Lalita Vrat}}|member_of=The Ten [[Mahavidyas]]|other_names=Kamakshi, Kameshvari, Lalita, Lalitambika, Rajarajeshvari, Shodashi, Sri Mata|mount=[[Lion]]|symbols=[[Sri Yantra]]|texts={{bulleted list|[[Brahmanda Purana]]|[[Tripura Rahasya]]|[[Devi Bhagavata Purana]]|[[Bahvricha Upanishad]]|[[Tripura Upanishad]]|Tantraraja Tantra}}|gender=[[Female]]|equivalent1_type=Oria|equivalent1=[[Kamakhya]]|day=[[Friday]]}} [[File:Tripura Sundari2.jpg|thumb|Iconography of Lalita Tripura Sundari]] [[File:Supreme Goddess Parashakti Lalita Devi.jpg|thumb]] '''Tripura Sundari''', also known as '''Rajarajeshvari''', '''Shodashi''', '''Kamakshi''', and '''Lalita''' is a [[Hindu]] goddess, revered primarily within the [[Shaktism]] tradition.{{sfn|State editor|1965|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=nci3AAAAIAAJ&q=tripura+sundari+mahavidyas 172]}} She is the one of highest forms of goddess [[Mahadevi]]. She is widely praised in the ''[[Lalita Sahasranama]]'' and ''[[Saundarya Lahari]]''.{{sfn|Das|2001}} In the Lalitopakhyana of the ''[[Brahmanda Purana]]'', she is referred to as [[Adi Parashakti]]. According to the Shri kula tradition in Shaktism, Tripura Sundari is the foremost of the Mahavidyas, the supreme divinity of Hinduism and also the primary goddess of [[Sri Vidya]]. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Hindu gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Hinduism