LalithA SahasranAma [620] anekakotibrahmAndajanani

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She is the Mother of many millions of Universes, or Macrocosms. The

mind -- being a creation of Hers as well -- creates the Universe at

its will.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

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

wrote:

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> anekakotibrahmAndajanani : The creator of many crores of worlds '

lit

> eggs Brahman ]

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> Or she is the mother of VirAt, etc who are the deities of many

crores

> of brahmAndas. VirAt is the individuality of brahmAnda, resulting

from

> combination of the five gross elements, consisting of sixteen

> modifications.

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> SvarAt is the individuality of the unmanifested which is the cause

of

> these two. For it is said, "The ViRat Purusa is especially thought

of

> as the BrahmAnda, the SvarAt as its nature [lingasarira], the

SamrAt

> as both, thus Sruti declares"

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> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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