I've always taken it to be a lock or bolt of protection, i.e., the stotra is a protective amulet.

--
Professor Dominik Wujastyk
,

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
,

University of Alberta, Canada
.

South Asia at the U of A:
 
sas.ualberta.ca



On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 20:46, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear list members,

The title of a popular hymn to caṇḍikā is  argalāstotram.  But I can find no explanation of the relevence of this as a title to a hymn to the goddess caṇḍikā.  Can anyone shed any light on this.

Thanks,
Harry Spier 
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