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NirnAsA : Imperishable.

 

NAsa, end. The Sruti, [Tai. Up., III] "Brahman is Truth, Knowledge and

Infinity."

 

 

BhAskarAya's Commentary.

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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Ok, I have some questions, not too far off topic:

 

First, I found this online: "The third name in the "shrI lalitA

ashhTottara shata

nAmA vali" is:

 

aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo

namaH

 

It seems to mean something close to, "aum and

salutations to She whose body is half shiva

(shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and

sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of "saundarya

 

Is this person's translation of this phrase accurate? What

does "saundarya" mean, and in context, how does it alter the meaning

of the translation provided?

 

Next, what does "namo namah" mean? This is actually in response to

Detective Mongo's game character. I know we say these words in

mantra a lot, but to translate them, I am not sure how. BTW I found

the above quote while doing an online search for the meaning

of "namo namah."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

>

> NirnAsA : Imperishable.

>

> NAsa, end. The Sruti, [Tai. Up., III] "Brahman is Truth, Knowledge

and

> Infinity."

>

>

> BhAskarAya's Commentary.

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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it's a salutation of the salutation, a double affirmation of the silence if you

will, kind of like bending over backwards...in homage

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Mary Ann

Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:06 PM

Re: LalithA SahasranAma [180] NirnAsA

 

 

 

Ok, I have some questions, not too far off topic:

 

First, I found this online: "The third name in the "shrI lalitA

ashhTottara shata

nAmA vali" is:

 

aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo

namaH

 

It seems to mean something close to, "aum and

salutations to She whose body is half shiva

(shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and

sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of "saundarya

 

Is this person's translation of this phrase accurate? What

does "saundarya" mean, and in context, how does it alter the meaning

of the translation provided?

 

Next, what does "namo namah" mean? This is actually in response to

Detective Mongo's game character. I know we say these words in

mantra a lot, but to translate them, I am not sure how. BTW I found

the above quote while doing an online search for the meaning

of "namo namah."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

>

> NirnAsA : Imperishable.

>

> NAsa, end. The Sruti, [Tai. Up., III] "Brahman is Truth, Knowledge

and

> Infinity."

>

>

> BhAskarAya's Commentary.

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

 

 

 

 

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>Next, what does "namo namah" mean? This is actually in response to

>Detective Mongo's game character. I know we say these words in

>mantra a lot, but to translate them, I am not sure how. BTW I found

>the above quote while doing an online search for the meaning

>of "namo namah."

>

 

Dear Mary Ann.

 

I stand corrected, if my understanding is wrong.

 

 

My understanding of "Namo Namaha" means - HUMBLE way of paying homage to

goddess by chanting IT IS NOT ME IT IS YOU.

 

Namaha always chanted at the end of each verse in Namavali's. 'Via Om

syllabus we begin each verse thus pay homage to Lord Ganesha, then the

goddess and end with" Namaha "saying it is not me it is you.

 

For example: Lalitha Sahasranama consists of 1008 verses. Each time, we

praise goddess and say that it is she and not me. Like Shree Maharajye

namaha - you are the goddess of god and not me.raji

 

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That's funny. I thought it meant "I am that." It seems odd that

mantras would be saying "I am not that, you are," to paraphrase you.

I guess it's all some way of attempting to bypass the ego.

 

, "rajeshwari iyer"

<rajii31@h...> wrote:

>

>

>

> >

> >Next, what does "namo namah" mean? This is actually in response

to

> >Detective Mongo's game character. I know we say these words in

> >mantra a lot, but to translate them, I am not sure how. BTW I

found

> >the above quote while doing an online search for the meaning

> >of "namo namah."

> >

>

> Dear Mary Ann.

>

> I stand corrected, if my understanding is wrong.

>

>

> My understanding of "Namo Namaha" means - HUMBLE way of paying

homage to

> goddess by chanting IT IS NOT ME IT IS YOU.

>

> Namaha always chanted at the end of each verse in Namavali's. 'Via

Om

> syllabus we begin each verse thus pay homage to Lord Ganesha, then

the

> goddess and end with" Namaha "saying it is not me it is you.

>

> For example: Lalitha Sahasranama consists of 1008 verses. Each

time, we

> praise goddess and say that it is she and not me. Like Shree

Maharajye

> namaha - you are the goddess of god and not me.raji

>

> _______________

> Talk with your online friends with MSN Messenger

http://messenger.msn.nl/

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--- Mary Ann <buttercookie61 wrote:

>

>

> aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo

> namaH

>

> It seems to mean something close to, "aum and

> salutations to She whose body is half shiva

> (shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and

> sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of

> "saundarya

>

> Is this person's translation of this phrase

> accurate? What

> does "saundarya" mean, and in context, how does it

> alter the meaning

> of the translation provided?

 

It looks like it's derived from "sundara," meaning

"beautiful."

 

 

> Next, what does "namo namah" mean?

 

"I bow repeatedly," or "many obeisances."

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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