Guest guest Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 mahi : earth. Mahi is the name of river. The Devi Pr. says, "It is great because it pervades all, hence prakrti is called Mahi" BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 She is the Earth, the Mother of all life and food. Earth is the last of the bhutas, or categories. The Goddess Mahi is Saraswati Herself of the Vedas, wherein she is She is described as Aditi or Upayama, which is the power behind all the Devas. [see http://www.shaktisadhana.50megs.com/DEVI/lajjahGauri.html - DB] - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > > mahi : earth. > > Mahi is the name of river. The Devi Pr. says, "It is great because it > pervades all, hence prakrti is called Mahi" > > > 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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