Lalita & her ayudhas

courtesy: Sri.Sriram

Tripurasundari holds 4 ayudhas in her 4 hands. They are Pasa,
Ankusa, Kodanda (Bow) and pancha pushpa banaas (5 arrows of
flowers). Specific bijas and mantras are associated with each
ayudha. Mantra anushtana of those bijas are undertaken for specific
purposes. The bija uddharas are given below:

1) Pasa : AM

Lalitha sahasranama says `Raga swarupa pasaadya'. The varna `A'
denotes the `Raaga'. Hence, pasa bija is `AM' (Sarada Tilaka
Tantra). But Bhasurananda taken " HRIM " as pasa bija.

2) Ankusa ; KROM

Lalitha Sahasranama says " Krodhaakara Amkusojwala " . " KRO " is taken
from " Krodhaakara " and " AM " is taken from " Amkoshojwala " . It
becomes " KROM " . This is amkusa bija.

3) Kodanda : DHAM

Lalitha Sahasranama says " Mano Rupekshu Kodanda " . Kodanda is also
called " Dhanuh " . Hence, " DHAM " is the bija of Kondanda.

4) Pancha Pushpa Baana (5 arrows) : DRAM, DREEM , KLEEM , BLOOM , SAH


Lalitha sahasranama says " Pancha Tanmaatra Sayaka " . These 5
tanmaatras are the 5 vishayas of 5 gross elements. (1) Sabda – Sound
(2) Sparsha – Touch (3) Rupa – Form (4) Rasa – Taste (5) Gandha –
Smell. These 5 are the tanmaatras of 1) Akasa 2) Vaayu 3) Agni 4)
Jala 5) Prithvi.

As per Vamakeshwara Tantra, these 5 tanmaatras are the arrows and
mind the Ikshu Kodanda These arrows are of 3 types:

1) Sthula 2) Sukshma 3) Para.

Sthula is the form of flower as described above. Sukshma is the form
of Mantra. Para is the form of Vasanas or Tendencies.

The Jnanarnava Tantra says that there are 5 aspects related to these
5 flowers:
1) Kshobhanam 2) Draavanam 3) Aakarshanam 4) Vashyam 5) Unmaadam

Tantra Raja says:
1) Madana 2) Unmada 3) Mohana 4) Deepana 5) Soshana

The respective flowers are:

1) Kamala 2) Kairava 3) Kalhaara 4) Indivara 5) Sahakara

The Bijaaksharas related to above flowers are:

1) DRAM 2) DREEM 3) KLEEM 4) BLOOM 5) SAH Respectively.