Sunday, June 12, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 552

Sarvamrtyunivarani
sarvamrtyun nivarayati iti tatha
She who wards off all (types of) deaths, i.e., accidental death, natural death and untimely death.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 551

Sarvavyadhiprasamani
savesam vyadhinam prasamani

She who cures each and every disease.

Vyadhi includes old age too.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 550

Viyadadijagatprasuh

viyad adih yasya, tat etadrsah jagatah prasute sa
She who gave birth to the entire universe beginning with the other.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 549

Vidya

She is called so because she is the vidya which confers salvation

Or, vidya means a certain kind of kala which is in the light, i.e., tejas

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 548

Vimarsarupini

1) vimarsah eva rupam (saktih) yasyah sa

She who is in the vimarsa form.
According to this interpretation, vimarsa means the first vibration of parabrahman who is in the prakasa aspect.

2) vimarsah (vacakah sabdova) sa eva rupam (nirupakam) nirupyam va asyah
According to the interpretation , the word vimarsa means significant words or speech by which she is described.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 547

Bandhuralaka

bandhura(unnatanata) alakah (=curnakuntalah) yasyah sa
Who has curly hair.

The name Barbaralaka is accepted by tradition (by sampradaya)


Monday, June 6, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 546

Bandhamocani

bandham mocayati sa
She who removes the bondages

Here the word bandha means the bond of ignorance or prison

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 545

Pulomajarcita
pulomjaya (=indranya) arcita
She who is worshipped by Indrani

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 544

Punyasravanakirtana
Punye (vihitakarmarupe) srvanakirtane yasyah sa

Hearing of whim and praising of whom is holy, i.e., whose acts and achievements described in words confer holy merits when they are narrated or listened to.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 543

Punyalabhya
(praktanaih) punaih labya
She who is attained through righteousness
The word Punya means the merit earned through austerities in the previous birth

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 542

Punyakirtih
punya(=punyaprada) kirtih yasyah sa
She whose glory is the purifier. Her glory purifies Her devotees.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 541

Anuttama

1) na vidyate uttana yasyah sa
She is so called because no one else could be thought superior to her.
2) na nutta (paraprerita) ma=(buddhih aisvaryam va) yasyah
According to this interpretation, the word anutta means not depending and ma means intelligence or dominion. Hence she is one whose power or knowledge is not derived from any other source but is self-possessed.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 540

Smrtih
1) She is of the form of smrtis (i.e., traditional codes)
2) She is the knowledge in the form of recollection

Monday, May 30, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 539

Srutih
1) She who is of the form of scriptures - the four Vedas, viz., Rgveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda adn Atharvaveda.
2) She who is the knowledge in the form of Hearing. (sravanatmakajnana)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 538

Medha
Intelligence

1) The next creation was sentient. Hence the Goddess is accompanied by intelligence.
2) Medha means individual intelligence
3) She preserved the Vedas and other teachings. Hence she is Medha
4) According to the PdmP, the deity called Medha is worshipped in the country of Kasmira.

Lalita Sahasranama # 537

Amatih

na matih, amatih
She is devoid of intelligence
Here the word Amati means nescience . According to the commentator, DurgaBhatta, in the Nirukti,the word amati is explained to mean the knowledge of the self.

Amati may refer to the insentient creation which was devoid of intelligence. She is the source of insentient creation; hence, She is called amati.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 536

Svadha

1) susthu adhiyate anaya
The formula by which the libation is well-placed.

2) susthu am (visnum) svan va dadhati (=posayati) iti

The name in the above compound is split as sv+a=Dha and sva+dha which means 1) she who nourishes (protects) well the Visnu and she who nourishes her own person 2) Sva+ dha also means the presiding deity of the holy shrine at Mahesvara.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 535

Svaha

1) She is the form of Svaha

Svaha is the word uttered when an oblation is offered in the sacrificial fire intended for a deity.

2) su aheti or svam aheti iti
The name also means su + ah= svaha i.e., addressing in a good manner or sva+ah= svaha one's own self

3) susthu ahutayate anaya iti
The formula by which oblation is offered nicely

4) svan (=svakiyan) ajihite (=gacchati) sviyatvena samyak janati iti
She who appears before Her devotees and accepts them as Her own/

5) Svaha is the sakti of fire adn the mother of Karttikeya ( or the wife of Siva in the form of fire).

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 534

Yakinyamabasvarupini

yakinyakhyayah ambayah svarupam asyah

Whose form is that of Mother Yakini.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Lalita Sahasranama # 533

Sarvaudanapritacitta
sarvairapi odanaih pritam (=tustam) cittam yasyah sa
Whose mind is pleased with all kinds of food.