This work comprises 100 verses, the first 41 verses purely devotional in nature & the rest describing the physical beauty of the Divine Mother. As Swami Vivekananda said "The Absolute is formless, but energy is female. When the energy takes form, it is called 'Mother.' Mother is the moving power, disturbing into waves the water-calm of the Absolute." It is also a tantric text giving the yantras, their description, details & benefits for all the 100 verses.
The unique aspect of the work is the celebration of idealised feminine beauty according to the norms of classical Sanskrit poetry (from verse 42 onwards) but as adoration of the Divine Mother.
A similar adoration of Divine feminine beauty is celebrated in Western Art by artists ranging from Giotto di Bondone to the celebrated Renaissance triumvirate of Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo Buonarotti & Raphael Sanzio in their adoration inspiring Madonnas holding the Infant Christ. The spiritual radiance in the countenance of the Virgin Mary in their paintings is luminous.
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