Meaning and elaboration
Meaning: Adorned with the girdle of the formless Eros, symbolizing union and divine love.
Elaboration
Anangga Mekhala joins Anangga, "the formless one," with Mekhala, a girdle or waist-belt. The name presents the Goddess as adorned with the very principle of bodiless, divine desire.
The Formless Eros (Anangga) Anangga refers to Kamadeva, the god of love and desire. The word literally means "bodiless," recalling the myth in which Shiva burns Kamadeva to ashes for interrupting his meditation. Yet love and desire do not disappear; they continue to move through the world without visible form. By wearing Anangga as an adornment, Kali shows that she is the source and master of desire, never subject to it.
Girdle of Union A mekhala, worn around the waist, traditionally suggests binding, relation, and sacred containment. When that girdle is Anangga, the formless principle of love and desire, the image points to Kali as the power that binds the universe through divine longing. This is not ordinary, attachment-driven craving, but the primal yearning for union that underlies creation and spiritual ascent.
Divine Love and Attraction This name portrays Kali as the embodiment of a vast, formless divine love that draws all things toward union. She is the subtle magnetic power that holds existence together and leads both the cosmos and the individual toward Yoga, toward unification. Her "girdle of formless Eros" is not worldly seduction, but an irresistible pull toward ultimate reality.
Transcendence of Mundane Desire Though she wields this power, she also stands beyond it. By taking Anangga as her ornament, she transforms ego-bound Kama into spiritual aspiration. She guides the devotee from lower craving toward the longing for liberation and union with the Divine. In her, even the most primal desire can become a path to awakening.