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Lalitha Trishathi Stotram is also known as the Sarva Poorthikara
stotram.  There is a very large school of thought which gives
primacy to Shakthi which is the female aspect of energy of the
Gods. The followers of Shakthi were called Shakteyas. Among this
group rose a peculiar group of sages who were called Tantrics.
They believed in Shakthi only and worshipped her using methods
which was not considered "normal", for example worshipping a
virgin, doing Yoga sitting on a corpse and so on. They also
preferred acts over mostly. To them, the names of Goddess had
some divine meaning, which would give them supernatural powers.
They also believed in animal and even human sacrifice. From them
rose voluminous religious literature dedicated to Shakthi. In
these books sounds were considered extremely important. Chanting
each Sound was believed to result in different benefits. The
most important of