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Meditation on Lalita :Vamakeshvara Tantra

"Then one should meditate on Devi, resembling a lotus, just like the early morning rays of the Sun, like a hibiscus or a pomegranate flower, purple as a ruby, or like kumkuma dissolved in water, adorned with a bedazzling jewel in Her diadem, and by a dense mass of small bells, Her mouth, like a line of black bees, amidst superbly curved crimson lips, the circle of Her face like the daybreak or a day lotus, a curved half moon of nectar on Her forehead, Her eyes like bows, and an attractive brow , 0 Parameshvari.

"Her eyes are moving playfully to and fro, stuffed with joy and bliss, the roundness of Her cheeks surpassing the curve of the lunar crescent. The slender line which is Her nose is sort of a stunning wanton shoot. Her higher nectar like lip is of the crimson effulgence of copper or coral. Her smile is sweeter than honey, the quintessence of love. Her very beautiful chin is endowed with all beauty.

"Her neck is shell-like, She has giant, open eyes, arms as swish as lotus stalks. Her palms equal in look very stunning pink lotuses, and Her nails are brighter than brightness itself. Her rising breasts uplift a slender pearl necklace, which resenbles a shower of nectar on them. Her truly stunning belly is adorned with three lines.
"Her charming begemned navel is like a stream. The roundness of Her hips is sort of a valuable jewel, She wears a girdle of pearls, and has beautiful buttocks. The circle of Her buttocks is cleft by a line, Her hair like royal elephant goads. Isvari, Her very lovely thighs are like two lovely plantain stems. Her two lovely legs are like two charming plant stems. Her unblemished lotus ft are just like the crest gem of Brahma.

"Her redness surpasses the redness of the China Rose, vermilion, or the pomegranate flower. She is clothed in pink garments, holding an effulgent noose and a goad. She sits on a purple lotus, and is adorned with red gems. She has 4 arms and three eyes, and She holds five arrows and a bow. Her mouth is full of varied items of betel combined with camphor.
"Her lovely gazelle like physique, smeared with red powder, is the vanquisher of the God of Love. She wears probably the most stunning form of garments, and is adorned with each sort of precious gem. She is the Mother Who gladdens creation, the cause of happiness in the world, causing all love on the earth, creating the world, the Devi manufactured from Mantra, nice success Sundari, consisting of all wealth, eternal, supremely blissful, joyful." - dhyana from Vamakeshvara Tantra.