Lalita Sahasranama # 392

Srikanthardhasaririni

1) srth (=visam) kanthe yasya sah = sri kanthah (=sivah)

srikanthasyadham sariram asyah

She, half of whose body is of Srikantha (Siva)

2)srikanthavad ardhe sarire asyah

She who has two half-bodies like Siva

She has a body of two colors: one half of the body is blue and other half is white. In the case of the goddess, the bright half is Gauri and the dark half is Kali.

3) srikanthah (=akarah) evardham sariram asyah

Thus he name means syllable a is whose half body.

According to this interpretation, the word srikantha denotes the letter a, the first one of the Sanskrit alphabet. Hence a is the a is the half of the body of the other letters of speech. The letter a, being the final utterance, is the para form which becomes ( later on) the Vaikhari.

4) The Goddess has only half a body, the other half is called Srikantha, i.e., the fulfiller (of the half). The same thing is explained in the Su Sam.

5) The name also denotes that when we write letters a (i.e., Srikantha), half (ardha) of it is like the Kamakala