Soundarya Lahari - Part 308

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These three nIrAjanas can be classified as one for Creation, one for Sustenance and one for Dissolution. But not in that order. They come in the order: Sustenance, Dissolution and Creation. The devi-praNava is

‘umA’. 

The letters come in the order: ‘u’ (which is the letter for Sustenance, for it represents Vishnu ); ‘ma’ (which is the letter for Dissolution, for it represents Rudra) and ‘a’ (which is the letter for Creation, for it represents BrahmA).  

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