LalithA SahasranAma [277] BhagamAlini

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BhagamAlini : Wearing the garland of prosperity.

 

Bhaga, means six attributes [refer to the meaning to no 279] and

malini, possessor.

 

or She is the female emblem [bhaga]. Thus the linga and De. BhAg

Prs., "Those who have the male emblem are the manifestation of Siva;

and those having the female emblem are the manigestation of Devi"

 

Or BhagamAlini is one of the fifteen nityA deities. In this mantra the

word bhag occurs more frequently according to the school of the

DakshinAmurthi than to those of TantrarAja and JNAnArnava. The names

of the surrounding deities [AvaranadevatAs] of that [mantra] also are

preceded mostly by the word bhaga; hence she has the garland [mAlA] of

bhaga [words]

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.