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

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)

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.

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.

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).

Lalita Sahasranama # 534

Yakinyamabasvarupini

yakinyakhyayah ambayah svarupam asyah

Whose form is that of Mother Yakini.