LalithA SahasranAma [278] padmAsanA

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padmAsanA : The Wife of BrahmA.

 

Or Padma, lotus, of it, the leaves are prakrtis, the filaments are

the categories, the stalk is knowledge, etc; such is her seat.

 

Or PadmA, Laksmi, the goddess of wealth, sane, distributing. The

great men have said, "O beneficent mother, in whom thou art pleased

that man receives prosperity containing of the enjoyment of supreme

bliss; his house becomes beautiful and contains much gold, and

sitting on his couch he fondles his wife; and when thou art angry,

that man becomes supremely miserable, his house appears without

beauty and in it there is much lamentation and his couch becomes

deserted"

 

Or Padma, the daitya Surapadma, as to kill, ie, the slayer of the

daitya, PadmAsura.

 

Or Padma, the bindu.e tc. The Rabhasa says, "Padma means lotus,

numbers called vyUha, nidhi and bindu." They should be applied in

this sense.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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Dr. Suryanarayanamurthy adds that this name also relates to Devi's

residence in the chakras:

 

"She is seated in the lotuses, from MUladhAra to SahasAra."

 

DB

 

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

wrote:

>

> padmAsanA : The Wife of BrahmA.

>

> Or Padma, lotus, of it, the leaves are prakrtis, the filaments are

> the categories, the stalk is knowledge, etc; such is her seat.

>

> Or PadmA, Laksmi, the goddess of wealth, sane, distributing. The

> great men have said, "O beneficent mother, in whom thou art pleased

> that man receives prosperity containing of the enjoyment of supreme

> bliss; his house becomes beautiful and contains much gold, and

> sitting on his couch he fondles his wife; and when thou art angry,

> that man becomes supremely miserable, his house appears without

> beauty and in it there is much lamentation and his couch becomes

> deserted"

>

> Or Padma, the daitya Surapadma, as to kill, ie, the slayer of the

> daitya, PadmAsura.

>

> Or Padma, the bindu.e tc. The Rabhasa says, "Padma means lotus,

> numbers called vyUha, nidhi and bindu." They should be applied in

> this sense.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.