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Mahavidya 10 · Saumya
कमला
Kamala · Kamalā
Prosperity, grace and auspicious abundance.
स्वरूप एवं प्रतीक
IconographyGolden goddess on a full lotus, bathed by elephants pouring water, with varada and abhaya — the tantric Lakshmi.
महिमा एवं कथा
Significance & StoryKamala is the tantric Lakshmi — the fullness of grace, beauty, prosperity and material and spiritual wellbeing. She completes the circle of the Mahavidyas, showing that the same power which dissolves the ego also blossoms as the auspicious abundance of a life lived in dharma.
बीज मंत्र
Bija Mantraश्रीं
śrīṃ
The full sadhana mantras vary by lineage; diksha (initiation) from a guru is traditionally required.