Lalita Sahasranama # 306

Rajni

She is the Queen of the ruler of the king of Kings

Lalita Sahasranama # 305

Rajarajarcita

rajarajabhyam arcita (=upasita)

She who is worshipped by Rajaraja

The word rajaraja stands for both Manu and Kubera. The word also indicates the vidya of Kubera, Manu, Candra, Lopamudra, Agastya, Surya, Indra, Skanda, Manmatha, Agni and Durvasa.

Lalita Sahasranama # 304

Heypadeyavarjita

heyopadeyabhyam varjita

She who is devoid of teh thing to be rejected and to be accepted.

She is above all, i.e., the pravrttis and nivrittis. As the sastras which lay down the actions are based on avidya, she is beyond them.

Lalita Sahasranama # 303

Hrdya

hrdbhava hrdya

She who resides in the heart

She resides in the heart of the rsis. The word also means 'lovely' or beautiful

Lalita Sahasranama # 302

Hrimmati

hrim asti asyah iti hrimmati

She who is endowed with modesty

Lalita Sahasranama # 301

Hrimkari

1) Hrimm (=lajjam) karotiti hrimkari

She who is the doer of shame

2) The word hrim means syllable Hrim. The meaning of Hrim is explained is SvaTan. According to it ha indicates manifestation ra involution in protection and the anusvara controls the three. So the name according to this interpretation would mean 'she who is the doer of creation, protection and involution'/

3) Hrimkara is the bhuvanesvari bija

Lalita Sahasranama # 300

Namarupavivarjita

namarupabhyam vivarjita

She who is devoid of name and form

There are five forms of the world. These are 1) being (existence, asti) 2) conciousness (experience or knowledge, bhati) 3) joy (priyam), 4) name and 5) form. Of these five, the first three belong to Brahma and the remaining two belong to the world. The last two being illusory, the Goddess is devoid of them.

Lalita Sahasranama # 299

Nadarupa

nade rupam yasyah sa. Or nada eva rupam yasyah sa

She who has nada as her Form (is of Sound form). She is also the nada stage in the eight distinctions of Bindu, viz., Ardhacandra, Rodhini, Nada, Nadanta, Sakti, Vyapaka, Samana and Unmana

Lalita Sahasranama # 298

Narayani

1) narasya apatyam puman narayanah, tasyeyam narayani

She is the consort of Narayana

The word narayana means either Siva or Visnu. The word is explained in Manu (I10) as "the water is called Narah, because it emanated from Nara (i.e., Brahman) and that is the first abode (ayana). Hence he is named as Narayana.

2) The sister of Visnu is called Narayani. Or, because there is no difference between Gauri and Narayani . She is called Narayani

3) According to PdmP, Narayani is the goddess worshipped in Suparsvaksetra

Lalita Sahasranama # 297

Haribrahmendrasevita

harisca brahma ca = indrasca haribrahmendrah taih sevita

She is worshipped by Hari, Brahma and Indra

In the SriCakra in the center between the seventeenth and eighteenth walls there is a seat of Visnu; between the sixteenth and seventeenth there is a seat of Brahma and between the fourteenth and fifteenth there is a seat of Indra and other Lokapalas. All these are worshippers of the Goddess.

The secret behind the name is that Her devotees have no need of worshipping other deities who themselves worship the Universal Mother.

Lalita Sahasranama # 296

Anadinidhana

1) na adih = anadih, na vidyate adih (=jananam) ca nidhanam ca yasyah sa

She who has neither beginning nor end

2) The word adi or anadi means eigthy according to the system of Vararuci. i.e., Zero and da 8 become eighty (80). there are eighty types of death. The name anadinidhana means that she releases the worshipper from these eighty deaths. These eighty causes are divided into two- pasa and vadha. Of these the vadha is of twenty-eight types and pas is of fifty two types

Lalita Sahasranama # 295

Ambika

1) amba eva ambika

The mother

She is the creator of the Universe. Therefore, she is the mother of the universe.

2) Ambika means triple power consisting of will, cognition and action

3) Ambika also means night or sleep

She is of the form of night or sleep

Lalita Sahasranama # 294

Bhuvaneswari

1) Bhuvananam (=caturdasasamkhyalokanam) isvari

She who is the ruler of all the worlds

The word Bhuvana means the fourteen worlds. The word also means water

2) She is of the form of seed-sound called Hrllekha

3) Bhuvananandanatha is the name of the guru included under Manavaugha. She is the ruler of him (vide supra, I 39 comm.)

She is called Bhuvaneswari in the description of the origin of all worlds and discussion of the Ha bija in the chapter Ghatargalayantra of Daksinamurti-samhita

Lalita Sahasranama # 293

Bhogini

1) bhogah (=sukhasaksatkarah) asti asyah iti

who has enjoyed complete bliss

2) Bhogini also means (of the form of) the daughter of serpent, i.e., a female serpent

Lalita Sahasranama # 292

Purna

She who is perfect

She is free from all the limitations of place, time conditions, etc.

The word purna also means the fifth, tenth, fifteenth, nitya deities, the fourteenth bright night and also a particular river

Lalita Sahasranama # 291

Purusarthaprada

1) purusharthan pradadati sa

She who gives four purusharthas - dharma, artha, Kama and moksa

2) purusah (=rudrah) purusarthapradah yaya sa

Here the word purusa means Rudra and artha means salvation. So She is one, by whom Rudra is able to give purusartha, i.e., the worship of the Brahman and the results thereof depend on Sakti alone

Lalita Sahasranama # 290

Sakalagamasondohasuktisamputamautika

1) Sakalasca te agamah (=vedah) sakalagamah tesam sandohah (=samuhah) = sakalagamasandohah, te eva suktayah, tabhih samputam (=putitam pratipaditam) mauktikam (=nasabharanam) yasyah sa tathoka

She has the pearl found in the shell casket composed of the collection of Agamas.

Here she is fancied as a pearl or with a pearl in Her Nose-Ring.

2) or the pearl indicates the nearest attributes, viz., Creation of the Universe, because when the scriptures describe the Brahman positively they use the method of approximation (Arundhatinyaya)

The Vedas describe her nose-pearl and not the real nature.

3) sakalagamasandohah eva sukitmayah samputah tatra mautika iva

She who is like a pearl in the samputa of the conch-shell, which is the multitude of all the Vedas

Lalita Sahasranama # 289

Srutisimantasindurikrtapadabjadhulika

srutinam simantah (=urdhvasamyadupnisadam bhagah) tesu sinduravat (= antargatarahasyarthavat) krta padabjadhulih (caranakamalayoh rajah) yaya sa

The dust of whose feet form a mark of vermillion of the head of the vedas (i.e., Upanishads)

The Vedas have two parts, Karmakanda and Brahmakanda. In the preceding names, Karmakanda and its fruits were explained, from here onwards the explanation of Brahmakanda is given. The word dhuli (dust) is used here to indicate the vedas (i.e., Upanishads) are unable to explain the real nature and the form of the Goddess (i.e., the highest being). Hence the method of negation to describe the supreme form is accepted.

Lalita Sahasranama # 288

Punyapunyaphalaprada

punyapunyayoh (-punyapapayoh) phale (svarganarakau) dadati sa

She who gives fruits of merits and demerits.

The performer according to his merits and demerits gets the fruits. Viz. heaven and hell repectively.

Lalita Sahasranama # 287

Nijajnarupanigama

nijam (=svayam) ajnam (vedavidbhihsabdabhava-natvena vyavahrtam) rupayanti it nijajna rupah; tadrsah nigamah (=karmakandatmakah vedah) yasyah sa

The Vedas explain her commands

1)Her ajna, i.e., order becomes intelligible to the knower through the words ( i.e., what the meaning and practical direction of particular karma are) by giving real meaning and praise (i.e., arthavada) etc.

2) The word nigama may mean her the teachings assisted by the Agamas. There are twenty eight Saiva tantras beginning with kamika which follows the Vedas. They are not opposed to the Vedas. They are meant by the word nigama. As they sprang from the mouth of Paramesvara they are said to be the command of the Goddess

Lalita Sahasranama # 286

Varnasramavidayini

Varnanam asramanam ca vidhayini

She who ordains the order of four varnas and four asramas.

She created the social order and stages of life (i.e., asramas) for the transmission of vedic knowledge and practices among human beings.

Lalita Sahasranama # 285

Abrahmakitajanani

brahmakitani abhivyapya iti abrahmakitam, tasya janani = abrahmakitajanani

She is the birth- give of all from Brahma to the smallest worm

The word brahma stands for Hiranyagarbha, the gross form of humanity take collectively. So like the pratyahara, all the beings between the Brahma adn Kita are the creations of the Goddess

Lalita Sahasranama # 284

Sahasrapat

Sahasram padah yasyah sa

Who has uncountable feet

In the names 281-284 the second and the third kuta of Pancadasi are described. In 281, by the word bhuvanavali, two Bhuvaneswari bijas are indicated. In Sahasraksi (283) 'la' and in Sahasrapat (284) the syllables ha and sa are indicated.

Lalita Sahasranama # 283

Sahasraksi

sahasram aksini yasyah sa

She has uncountable eyes

Lalita Sahasranama # 282

Sahasrasirsavadana

sahsram sirsani (=vadanani) yasyah sa

She has uncountable heads and faces

Lalita Sahasranama # 281

Unmesaninisotpannavipannabhuvanavali

unmesaimesau (= netravikasasankocau) tabhyam eva utpana = unmesanimisotpannah Vipannasca = (srstah ca nastah ca) bhuvanam avalyah yasyah

The order of the universe arises and disappears with the opening and closing of her eyes.

Here the words umesa and nimesa refer to the wish of the Goddess, i.e., by her mere wish.

Lalita Sahasranama # 280

Padmanabhasahodari

padmanabhasya (=visnoh) sahodari (=ekodarabhavabhagini) ya sa

She is the cognate sister of visnu

The supreme reality assumed a dual form distinguishable as attribute (dharma) and the substance (dharmi) and the attribute again divided into two - the masculine and the feminine. The first was Visnu, the orginator of the Universe and the second (the feminine) became the wife of Paramsiva. The Brahman is the unity of these three entities.

Padmasana, Bhagavati, Padmanabhasahodari (names 278 to 280) contain the first kuta of Kadividya, viz., Vaghbhavakuta. According to this, they indicate the syllable ka, bhaga "i" vati = Kamakala, i.e., la, sa=ha,hada =ma and last syllable Ri=rim. Thus it gives letters, Ka, i, la, hrim

Lalita Sahasranama # 279

Bhagavati

bhagapadartha asyam santi iti

She who is the possessor of Bhaga (six good) qualities.

She possesses all the auspicious qualities. She is worshiped by all the devas. Hence She is called Bhagavati.

Lalita Sahasranama # 278

Padmasana

1) Brahmarupatvat

She is the form of Brahma, who is seated on the Lotus. The Goddess is identical with him

2) padmam eva asanam (=pitham) yasyah sa

She whose seat is the lotus

The lotus has prakrtis for leaves, the categories for filaments and knowledge for the stalk. Such a lotus is her seat.

3) Padmam (=laksmim) sanati (=bhaktebhyo dadati) sa

Here the word padma means lakshmi and sanati means confers. Thus the name means She who confers wealth upon her devotees.

4) The word padma means padmasura daitya and san means to kill. She is the killer of Padmasura

5) Padma also means bindu. So one who is seated on the bindu ( in Sri yantra)

Lalita Sahasranama # 277

Bhagamalini

1) Bhagam (=sadgunyam) malati (=dharayati) iti

She who bears all the six qualities

2) She who wears a garland of Bhaga

Bhaga=a female emblem

4) Bhagamalini also means one of the fifteen Nitya deities

Lalita Sahasranama # 276

Bhairavi

1) Bhairavasya (=parasivasya) iyam (=stri) bhairavi

She who is the wife of Bhairava

2) Bhairavi also means Tripuracakresvari mantra in the madhyakuta, when ra is deleted. She is of the form of Bhairavi Mantra

3) Bhairavi also means the sum total of everything that has a feminine form as Bhiru woman

4) A girl of twelve years is called Bhairavi