कूष्माण्डा

 The Fourth Phase. 

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The fourth phase / face of देवी / DevI is named / कूष्माण्डा / KuShmAnDA, which means the hidden  unmanifest potential of शक्ति / Consciousness.

Like a water-melon or a pumpkin, which grows and bursts up out many seeds which sprout in the yet newer shoots, This form of  शक्ति / देवी  or the Consciousness, has all the future manifesta-tions in the seed-form.

This is again the same प्रकृति / prakriti-aspect of the शक्ति / Consciousness, which is unique and one with the 

शिव /Shiva-aspect or the 

पुरुष / Purusha of साङ्ख्य-Sankhya दर्शन .

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