Navaratrapradipa 1_72

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amā ṣoḍaśabhāgena devi ! proktā mahākalā .
saṃsthitā paramā māyā dehinā dehadhāriṇī .
amādipaurṇamāsyantā yā eva śaśinaḥ kalāḥ .
tithayastāḥ samākhyātāḥ ṣoḍaśaiva varānane ! .. iti .

“The great sixteenth part [of the moon], O Goddess, is called the Amā; / she is the supreme Māyā, abiding in embodied beings and sustaining the body. / The digits of the moon that begin with the amā and end with the full moon— / those are declared to be the sixteen lunar days, O fair-faced one!”