Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 tanumadhyA : Slender waisted. TanumadhyA is the deity worshipped in the country of KANci; for it is said, "May Devi, TanumadhyA, the wife of Bilvesvara residing on the bank of the NivA [river], protect me." TanumadhyA is the name of certain metre. The PingalasUtra, says, "If there is one tagana and yagana in each foot it is called TanumadhyA" BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 "Tanu-MadhyA, 'fine-waisted,' also means that there is nothing at the cennter, which is of AkAsa-SvarUpa. It also means the deity who is worshiped on the banks of the NivA river in KAnchI." - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > > tanumadhyA : Slender waisted. > > > TanumadhyA is the deity worshipped in the country of KANci; for it is > said, "May Devi, TanumadhyA, the wife of Bilvesvara residing on the > bank of the NivA [river], protect me." > > TanumadhyA is the name of certain metre. The PingalasUtra, says, "If > there is one tagana and yagana in each foot it is called TanumadhyA" > > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 As i guess, "tanumadhya" must primarily mean "she who is in center of body"... Or i am wrong? , "devi_bhakta" <devi_bhakta> wrote: > "Tanu-MadhyA, 'fine-waisted,' also means that there is nothing at the > cennter, which is of AkAsa-SvarUpa. It also means the deity who is > worshiped on the banks of the NivA river in KAnchI." > > - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962 > > > , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...> > wrote: > > > > tanumadhyA : Slender waisted. > > > > > > TanumadhyA is the deity worshipped in the country of KANci; for it > is > > said, "May Devi, TanumadhyA, the wife of Bilvesvara residing on the > > bank of the NivA [river], protect me." > > > > TanumadhyA is the name of certain metre. The PingalasUtra, says, "If > > there is one tagana and yagana in each foot it is called TanumadhyA" > > > > > > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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