LalithA SahasranAma [392] srikanthArdhasaririni

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srikanthArdhasaririni : Possessng half of the body of Srikantha.

 

Srikantha : Sri, poison, kantha throat, as the poison is fixed in

his throat, Siva is called Srikantha. She forms one body with Siva.

Hence the Br. Up [i. 4. 1-3] says, "In the beginning was Self alone…

he then divided himself into two, and thence arose husband and wife"

 

Or, like Siva, she has a body of two colours, one half of the body

is blue and the other half is white. The Vayu Pr. Says, "That

beneficent one, having the half of the body of Samkara and the right

half of her body is white, and the left is blue; thus divide my

body, said Brahma to Devi. O twice-born ones, thus of the two forms

one became Gauri [white] the other Kali [blue]."

 

According to the MatrkAkosa "A means Srikantha, Indra, forhead and

Visnu." Thus Srikantha is A. The letter A is half the body of the

other letters in speech. Thus it is said in the Sruti :"A is all the

speech, that [A] takes on different forms in combination with

different consonants" [lit. with sparsa, ir ka to ma and with Usman,

sa. Etc]. The meaning is, that A, the first utterance, is the parA

form which becomes [later on] the vaikhari. So that Su. Sam. [iV.

47. 59] : "The Supreme sakti, Devi, the form of cit, arises as

speech, that [speech] is called parA. I ever bow down in devotion to

that Sakti who is the half body of Siva."

 

Or Devi, who has only half a body, the other half is called

Srikantha, i.e the fulfiller [of the half]. This is also explained

in the same book [su. Sam., IV. 47. 60]. "The Sakti called desire is

filled in the belly of Siva." This means in the Saiva School in the

performance of nyAsa [meditating certain deities on different parts

of the body] half the body is filled by the Purnodari and other

Saktis and the other half by Srikantha of Siva.

 

Or when we write the letter A [srikantha] half [ardh] of it is like

the KamakalA

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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"SrIkanthArdha-sarIrinI [means] 'half the body of SrI-kantha (i.e.

Siva) is Hers. The equal status of Siva and Sakti are indicated by

this name."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962

 

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

wrote:

>

> srikanthArdhasaririni : Possessng half of the body of Srikantha.

>

> Srikantha : Sri, poison, kantha throat, as the poison is fixed in

> his throat, Siva is called Srikantha. She forms one body with

Siva.

> Hence the Br. Up [i. 4. 1-3] says, "In the beginning was Self

alone…

> he then divided himself into two, and thence arose husband and

wife"

>

> Or, like Siva, she has a body of two colours, one half of the body

> is blue and the other half is white. The Vayu Pr. Says, "That

> beneficent one, having the half of the body of Samkara and the

right

> half of her body is white, and the left is blue; thus divide my

> body, said Brahma to Devi. O twice-born ones, thus of the two

forms

> one became Gauri [white] the other Kali [blue]."

>

> According to the MatrkAkosa "A means Srikantha, Indra, forhead and

> Visnu." Thus Srikantha is A. The letter A is half the body of the

> other letters in speech. Thus it is said in the Sruti :"A is all

the

> speech, that [A] takes on different forms in combination with

> different consonants" [lit. with sparsa, ir ka to ma and with

Usman,

> sa. Etc]. The meaning is, that A, the first utterance, is the parA

> form which becomes [later on] the vaikhari. So that Su. Sam. [iV.

> 47. 59] : "The Supreme sakti, Devi, the form of cit, arises as

> speech, that [speech] is called parA. I ever bow down in devotion

to

> that Sakti who is the half body of Siva."

>

> Or Devi, who has only half a body, the other half is called

> Srikantha, i.e the fulfiller [of the half]. This is also explained

> in the same book [su. Sam., IV. 47. 60]. "The Sakti called desire

is

> filled in the belly of Siva." This means in the Saiva School in

the

> performance of nyAsa [meditating certain deities on different

parts

> of the body] half the body is filled by the Purnodari and other

> Saktis and the other half by Srikantha of Siva.

>

> Or when we write the letter A [srikantha] half [ardh] of it is

like

> the KamakalA

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry