Lalita

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Lalita is a revered aspect of the Hindu goddess Devi, celebrated as a beautiful, benevolent, and playful form of the Divine Mother often associated with Sri Vidya worship.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lalita canonical 5
Lalita Tripurasundari 1
Lalita Trishati 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess
aspect of Devi
form of the Divine Mother
alsoKnownAs Shodashi
Lalita Tripurasundari
surface form: Sri Lalita Tripura Sundari

Tripura Sundari
associatedWith Sri Yantra
surface form: Sri Chakra

Sri Vidya
Sri Vidya worship
Sri Yantra
Tripura (three worlds)
beauty
benevolence
bliss
compassion
grace
kundalini
love
mantra worship
playfulness
tantra
cosmicRole embodiment of consciousness and bliss
ruler of the three worlds
epithetMeaning “the playful one”
gender female
hasForm beautiful
radiant
youthful
iconography holding flower arrows
holding goad
holding noose
holding sugarcane bow
seated on a lotus
seated on a throne
isA Mahavidyas
surface form: Mahavidya

Supreme Goddess in Shakta tradition
form of Devi
religion Hinduism
textAssociated Brahmanda Purana
Lalita Sahasranama
Lalita Sahasranama
surface form: Lalita Trishati

Lalita Mahatmyam
surface form: Lalitopakhyana
tradition Shaktism
worshippedAs Adi Parashakti
surface form: Divine Mother

Supreme reality
worshippedIn Shakta temples
South India
Tripura Sundari Temple
surface form: Sri Lalita Tripura Sundari temples

Sri Vidya
surface form: Sri Vidya tradition

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Devi hasAspect Lalita
Shaktism associatedDeity Lalita
this entity surface form: Lalita Tripurasundari
gopis includesKeyFigure Lalita
subject surface form: Gopis
Tripura Sundari otherName Lalita
Tripura Sundari textualSource Lalita
this entity surface form: Lalita Trishati
Srikula primaryDeity Lalita