Goddess Shodashi ( Tripura Sundari ) Mahavidya yantra Mantra Maharnava • Symbolic accessory associated with

• Symbolic accessory associated with prosperity

worship of the Devas

good health and mental peace should wear five Mukhi Rudraksha

metal or skull with both ends covered by animal skin (goat skin) crossed tied-up strings or cords made from cotton

but was jolted out of his sheltered life on realising that life includes the harsh facts of old age

Goddess Shodashi ( Tripura Sundari ) Mahavidya yantra Mantra Maharnava • Symbolic accessory associated withGoddess Shodashi is an aspect of Mother Lalitha Tripura Sundari represented as a sixteen year old girl, believed to actualize sixteen types of desires. Shodashi also means vermillion hued. As Sundari, She is one of the Dasha Mahavidyas. It is sometimes written that Goddess Shodashi is Bala Tripurasundari or that Shodashi is another name for Mother Lalitha Tripurasundari. It is conceded that Bala and Shodasi are aspects of the Devi. However Bala is the