Tripura (three worlds)

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Tripura (three worlds) is a concept in Hindu philosophy and Shakta tradition referring to the three realms of existence—often interpreted as the physical, subtle, and causal worlds—over which the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari presides.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosophical concept
Shakta theological concept
metaphysical concept
associatedWithDeity Lalita Tripurasundari NERFINISHED
Sri Vidya Devi NERFINISHED
Tripurasundari NERFINISHED
associatedWithTradition Hinduism NERFINISHED
Shaktism NERFINISHED
centralInSchool Sri Vidya tradition
contrastedWith absolute non-dual Brahman beyond three worlds
cosmicFunction framework for understanding manifestation
cosmologicalRole division of manifested reality
describes three realms of existence
epithetOf Tripurasundari NERFINISHED
epithetRelation Tripurasundari as beauty of the three worlds NERFINISHED
goalOfRealization transcendence of three worlds in awareness of goddess
hasLiteralMeaning three cities
three worlds
hasName Tripura NERFINISHED
interpretedAs causal world
physical world
subtle world
languageOfName Sanskrit NERFINISHED
mapsTo causal plane
gross plane
subtle plane
mentionedIn Lalita Sahasranama commentarial traditions
Shakta Tantras NERFINISHED
ontologicalStatus relative reality within non-dual consciousness
philosophicalContext Advaita-influenced Shaktism
non-dual Shakta philosophy
presidingDeity Lalita Tripurasundari NERFINISHED
presidingDeityAspect supreme goddess ruling three worlds
relatedConcept deep sleep state
dream state
karana sharira
sthula sharira
sukshma sharira
three bodies doctrine
three states of consciousness
waking state
relatedMythicTheme goddess ruling all three worlds
symbolizedBy Sri Chakra NERFINISHED
Sri Yantra NERFINISHED
usedInPractice Shakta meditation on three levels of being
Sri Vidya upasana

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Lalita associatedWith Tripura (three worlds)
Srikula relatedConcept Tripura (three worlds)
this entity surface form: Tripura (three cities or three states of consciousness)