Tripura Sundari
The beauty of the three cities; heart of Sri VidyaThe third Mahavidya is beauty raised to a metaphysics. Tripura Sundari, also called Shodashi and Lalita, is the radiant goddess of Sri Vidya, throned on the gods themselves, whose true form is the Sri Yantra.
A quick reference entry. For the full account, follow the guides below.
Guides and journal
- Tripura Sundari: The Beauty of the Three Cities Treatise
She is Tripura Sundari , the Beautiful One of the Three Cities, and where the Kalikula makes Kali the root of the ten, the Srikula, the family of Sri, makes her the supreme, the head of all the rest.
- The Continuity Question Treatise
The goddess as Lalita Tripura Sundari — Lalita the beautiful, the goddess of the three cities — is the deity of the Sri Vidya tradition.