Lalita Sahasranama # 397

MulaPrakrtih

1) mulasya (srividyamantrasya) prakrtih (karanabhutah)

She is the cause of the sacred formula, viz., Srividya

According to this interpretation, the word mula stands for the Srividya mantra and prakrti means origin. She is the form of the two letters - prakasa ( i.e., A) and vimarsa ( i.e., Ha)

2) Mulaprakrti (=samkhyamata prasiddha prakrti)

According to thi interpretation, the word mula prakrti means primordial unchanging cause of all modifications posited by Samkhya.

3)Mula Prakrti means Kundalini as described in MrgSam. The Kundalini is called mulaprakrti with its seven productions (mahat, etc.) So the name according to this interpretation would mean she who is of the form of kundalini with its seven productions.

4) The word mula may mean first and prakrti the origin. So each of the five elements from ether to earth, is the origin of the succeeding one and the last of the earth, the Brahman is Prakrti (i.e., Origin). Brahman has the prakrti and so He is the root, i.e, the first cause.

5) Letter ma denotes five ( the five subtle elements) and la three (aryakta, mahat and ahamkara). Hence Mula means eight and prakrti means causes. Thus the name would mean eightfold prakrti.