M.^ . ESSAY ON THE ^ 



labie. Tims every woman is a form of 1,. and is really Iva or Eve,- 

 Thus Adima, or Adam, is called Swa'yambhu'va, because he is like 

 Swa'yambhu', or the self existing ; because he is a form or emanation 

 from him. She is Sarvdcshard, that is, her names, in the sacred spellS;^ 

 include all the letters of the alphabet: she \s . Saras vatij or the goddess 

 of eloquence, Brahma^ followed the White goddess, his own offspring, 

 to the White mountain or island, and there fell in love with her, and 

 there they made ' tapasya, m order to create mankind. Sita' said to 

 Brahma'j prepare a large- st'hdnov place for me to live in. He then took 

 her to his bosom, and generation took place, and he had seven sons by 

 her, . :Brahma" . then praised her in her: threefold state, saying, " praise 

 *' tothee O Jayas'vd, vi Glorious ; Satyasambhutd, self born : Dliruvd^ 

 " immoveable; Deva-vard, because she contains all the gods in her 

 *' womb: Cshemd, benign; Sarva-bhutd-Maheswari^ great queen of all 

 i^; living beings ; Varaydha\ irmly seated «" 



The third Cumdri^ or damsel of a black hue, is called Raudri\ Cdh' 

 rdtri, or black as night, and Chamun'dd. In other books, I am told that 

 her name is said to be 6, or oh. After destroying the demon RuRUj 

 Maha'-deVa praised her, saying, " thou art Bhu topaharin'i, or she 

 " who destroys living beings ; large are thy teeth, and thy seat is upon 

 " a corpse/^ In the Meru-Ta7itra, Mr station is said to be In the North. 



From her mouth there issued m.any Dems or goddesses, who instantly 

 asked for food, Maha -deVa said, let them devour the fruit of the womb 

 of any woman, who, being with child, puts on the clothes of another 

 woman. This threefold deity resides on Tri-cuta^- each form on her 

 ©wn peak, the White goddess in 'Swe'tam, the Red goddess in Hyran'y-^ 

 amj and Chamundd or the Black goddess j in the north, or on Ayasam, 



