Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 CandikA : The root candi means anger. She becomes angry with those who are not [her] devotees. According to the De. BhAg Pr., a girl of seven years of age is called CandikA. 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 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > > CandikA : The root candi means anger. She becomes angry with those who are not [her] devotees. Im having problem trying to understand this statement. Lets refer to what T.V Narayanan Menon' commentary from the The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother, publisher : Mata Amritanandamayi Math have to say. Candika : she who is angry [ at the wicked] Candi means anger. Devi shows anger towards evil forces. She became famous as Candika because of Her wrath towards the demons, Canda and Munda. One who just pretends to be angry is also Candika. The anger is an act in Her case. How can She be really angry? Can Devi be under the sway of emotions? However, there are times when, as a means of persuasion, show of anger is needed. Then She becomes Candika. A girl of seven is also known as Candika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@> > wrote: > > > > > > CandikA : The root candi means anger. She becomes angry with those > who are not [her] devotees. > Im having problem trying to understand this statement. Why ? Where is the problem? there is nothing besides sristhi sthiti and samhara. To satisfy those who are not her devotees (attracted to the peaceful form) she changed into an ugra form.(chandika Kali etc) Onecan also look at it the other way around, for those who are afraid to look at the angry manifestation she changed into a peaceful form. There are many devices in Indian Religion to cool down the Anger or maybe a better definition destructive Power of devatas and by that act make it accessible and helpful. One device is to give peaceful names and images to inherently destructive presences and thus by powerful concentration the rishis focussed only a certain aspect of a deity to the benefit of us humans. The ocean from which the gods appeared is originally only a mass of energy (prakriti) and a rishi (purusha) or shiva shakti, prakasha vimarsha , bindu nada, whatever, all else a result of the interaction of seer and object. Moksha a return to the unity of the seer, the process of perception and the object of sight. A reversal of creation i.e dissolution. (which is a fearful process only sugar coated by saumya devatas) Mahahradanath > > > Lets refer to what T.V Narayanan Menon' commentary from the The > Thousand Names of the Divine Mother, publisher : Mata > Amritanandamayi Math have to say. > > Candika : she who is angry [ at the wicked] > > Candi means anger. Devi shows anger towards evil forces. She became > famous as Candika because of Her wrath towards the demons, Canda >and > Munda. > > One who just pretends to be angry is also Candika. The anger is an > act in Her case. How can She be really angry? Can Devi be under the > sway of emotions? However, there are times when, as a means of > persuasion, show of anger is needed. Then She becomes Candika. > > A girl of seven is also known as Candika. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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