LalithA SahasranAma [775] merunilayA

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merunilayA : Residing on Meru

 

It is described in the TantrarAja in the 28th chapter thus, "Now I

shall describe to you the sixteen nityA deities which are the lokas,"

after describing their world with all its oceans and islands it

continues. "In the midst of Meru, the great shining LalitA, ever

remains," around it [the Meru] there are fourteen continents up to the

ocean where the other deities [remain]. Beyond them in the last

supreme ether, is the Citra's and other deities abode. This and other

peculiarities are described [in the above book] and these are to be

known from the guru alone.

 

Or, Sricakra has three aspects [prastAras]:Bhumi, KailAsa and Meru.

When it is identified with the eight deities, namely Vasini, etc, it

is the BhUprastAra; when it is with the mAtrkA letters, it is the

KailAsa; and the Meru when it is with the sixteen nityA deities.

MerunilayA means she abides in the [mental] identification with

sixteen nityA deities. The mode of the meditation is given threefold

in the three SamhitAs, of SanatkumAra, Sanandana and VAsistha.

 

 

Or, meru, the nine-syllabled mantra as described in the JNAnArnava

indicated by the following words :"BhUmi, candra, siva, mAyA, sakti,

krsNadhvan, mAdana, ardhacandra and bindu" Nilaya, the place where

from all other mantras arise.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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She whose abode is Meru.

 

Meru is the golden mountain -- said to be a non-moving, static point

on the Earth -- where the Devi dwells. Meru also refers to the

innermost circle of Sri Chakra, where Sri Lalita resides. And Meru

is that center of the head known as dvAdasAnta, which is the abode

of Sakti.

 

There is also a mantra called Meru-Mantra, of nine letters, the

presiding deity of which is Sri Lalita. The three Samhitas (i.e.

sanatkamAra, sanandana and vasistha) very elaborately describe the

ritual and worship in Meru, where She dwells with Her 15 Nitya

deities.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

>

> merunilayA : Residing on Meru

>

> It is described in the TantrarAja in the 28th chapter thus, "Now I

> shall describe to you the sixteen nityA deities which are the

lokas,"

> after describing their world with all its oceans and islands it

> continues. "In the midst of Meru, the great shining LalitA, ever

> remains," around it [the Meru] there are fourteen continents up to

the

> ocean where the other deities [remain]. Beyond them in the last

> supreme ether, is the Citra's and other deities abode. This and

other

> peculiarities are described [in the above book] and these are to be

> known from the guru alone.

>

> Or, Sricakra has three aspects [prastAras]:Bhumi, KailAsa and Meru.

> When it is identified with the eight deities, namely Vasini, etc,

it

> is the BhUprastAra; when it is with the mAtrkA letters, it is the

> KailAsa; and the Meru when it is with the sixteen nityA deities.

> MerunilayA means she abides in the [mental] identification with

> sixteen nityA deities. The mode of the meditation is given

threefold

> in the three SamhitAs, of SanatkumAra, Sanandana and VAsistha.

>

>

> Or, meru, the nine-syllabled mantra as described in the JNAnArnava

> indicated by the following words :"BhUmi, candra, siva, mAyA,

sakti,

> krsNadhvan, mAdana, ardhacandra and bindu" Nilaya, the place where

> from all other mantras arise.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>