LalithA SahasranAma [150] niravadyA

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niravadyA : Blameless.

 

Avadya, blame ie the modificatioons of aviidyA. The Sruti [ Sve. Up.

VI. 19] says, "Blameless and spotless."

 

Or avadya is the name of hell; by her grace the devotees escape that

hell. The Kurma Pr says, "Hence if anyone remembers Devi, day and

night, he never goes to the hell called avadya, as he is cleansed

from all sins." The Linga Pr. says, "There are twenty-eight crores

of hells from ghora to mAyA; in these cursed hells the sinners are

scorched, who are failed to take refuge in the Lord of Devi, Samkara

and Nilahohita."

 

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry