'Tripura' means 'the three cities,' and 'sundarī' means 'beautiful,' specifically a beautiful female. Therefore, her name means 'Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities'.
Tripurasundari is described as being of dusky, red, or golden in color, depending on the meditational form, and in union with Shiva. The couple are traditionally portrayed on a bed, a throne, or a pedestal that is upheld by Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Ishana(another form of Shiva, depicted in the Tantras) and Sadashiva forming the plank. She holds five arrows of flowers, a noose, a goad and a sugarcane as a bow. The noose represents attachment, the goad represents repulsion, the sugarcane bow represents the mind and the arrows are the five sense objects.
Bala Tripurasundari is another form of Tripurasundari, depicted as an independent young pre pubescent goddess who is 9 years of age, also known as a kumari. She is said to be the daughter of Lalita Maha Tripurasundari. Bala Tripurasundari's mantra and yantra differs completely from that of Maha Tripurasundari.
According to Her dhyana, Bala (Baa-laa) is the color of the rising sun, smiling lightly; She has four hands. She holds a rosary and abook in Her two upper hands; the lower hands show the abhaya andvarada mudras. She is seated on a blue lily (*not* lotus).I do not know of any precise ontological relationship to Saraswati,other than to say they are both aspects of the one Devi.
Nora
Is Bala Devi the same as Bala Tripurasundari as in Lalitopakhyana. I found this excerpt. Lalitopakhyana (The story of the Goddess Lalita) Agni prakara (compound wall made of fire)
"Both of them went to Lalita devi, expressed sorry for what had happened and made arrangements for protection. At the instance of Lalita devi, Jwalamalini devi made a compound wall of fire around the devi's army The fire wall is 100 yojana wide and 30 yojana tall. (1 yojana is approximately 8 miles).
At the southern end of fire wall is a 1 yojana long entry, toenable devi's army go out and fight because Shunyapuram is facingthis end.(L.S.N—jwalamalini kashipta vahniprakaramadhyaga. Stambhini devi a member of Dandanatha devi family along with 20 akshohini senas was protecting this entry point. She is also called Vighna devi. By then it was dawn
Knowing all this news Bhandasura was in despair and started thinking what to do. This time he sent all his 30 sons for the war. After listening to this news Lalita devi's daughter Bala devi wanted to fight these demons herself. Bala devi is the only daughter of Lalita devi .She resembles Lalita devi very much but is always only 9 years old. She stays permanently with her mother only. Bala devi approached her mother and requested for permission to fight in the battlefield. At the outset Lalita devi denied but looking at the courage and will power exhibited by Bala devi she ultimately gave permission. Seeing Bala devi coming for the war Mantrini and Dandanayaka were astonished , they stood as her body guards. Now Baladevi started ferocious fighting with Bhanda's sons.Every one was surprised at her valour. Whole of the second day Baladevi fought. That evening she shot 30 arrows at a time and killed 30 sons of Bhanda. Lalita devi was very happy and she embraced her daughter (L.S.N---Bhandaputravadhodyukta bala vikrama nandita) Bhanda was grief stricken. Desperately he himself started offf or the war. Vishukra and Vishanga pacified Bandasura"
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