Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – vihAriNi SrI – vihAriNI SrI – vihAriNi amba SrI.
³ - kanja sadRSa vadanE - kanca sadRSa vadanE : ‘kanca’ is wrong.
⁵ – tOshiNi – tOshi : ‘tOshi’ seems to be wrong.
⁶ - caNDa muNDa khaNDana - caNDa khaNDa khaNDana : It should be ‘caNDa muNDa’ only. Therefore, ‘caNDa khaNDa’ is wrong.
⁷ - nayanArcita padE tri-pura vAsini - nayanArcita pada pura vAsini : the latter version is wrong.
⁸ - SyAma kRshNa paripAlini janani - SyAma kRshNa paripAlita janani.
⁹ - kAmitArtha phala dAyikE - kAmitArtha phala dAyaki.
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References
¹ – kAma kOTi – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) ‘ kAma kOTikA’ – According to Sri Ganesayyar (‘SrI lalilA sahasa nAma’ - Tamil Translation), “As brahman, Mother remains co-equal (sAmarasya) with Siva. Therefore, She is called ‘kAma kOTikA’. The purport is that, ‘parama Siva’ and ‘Mother’ are not different.” (English Translation mine)

¹ – bAlE - bAlA – one of the names of mahA tripura sundari (lalitA sahasra nAma (965).

⁴ – maNi sadanE – Please refer to lalitA sahrasra rAma ‘cintA maNi gRhAntasthA’ (57).

⁷ – tri-pura vAsini – ‘tripurA’ - Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (626). The triads like ‘guNa traya’ etc., are called ‘tri-pura’.
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Comments
² – sati – this also can be taken as an epithet of Mother – as daughter of daksha prajApati.

⁵ – Sambara vidAri tOshiNi . This is how it is given in all the books. The meaning derived is ‘Beloved of destroyer of Sambara’ – ie., Siva. asura Sambara was killed by pradyumna – see reference below. pradyumna is considered as manmatha-reborn. Therefore, ‘Sambara vidAri’ would refer to ‘pradyumna’ and not Siva. Siva, as destroyer of manmatha, is known as ‘Sambara ari vairi’. Therefore, there seems to be an omission. In my opinion, it should be ‘Sambara vairi vidAri’ or ‘SambarAri vidAri’ and not ‘Sambara vidAri’.
'pradyumna - enemy of Sambara'.

¹⁰ – sakala lOka sAkshi – This can be taken as ‘antaryAmi’ who remains a witness in every jIva.
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