LalithA SahasranAma [793] Kapardini

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Kapardini

Ka, water, ie of Ganga, para, the flow, da, sanctifies. His [siva's]

matted hair sanctifies even the water of the GangA.

 

According to the commentator of the SU-sam., "Kaparda means, earth,

mockery, and praise." Hence Kapardini, greatly praised.

 

Or, kapardini, decked with the garland of cow-dung cakes. When Siva

incarnated as MailAra, his wife called MahAlasA, was decked with a

garland of cow-dung cakes. The Visva says, "Karpada means the matted

hair of Siva and cow-dung cakes"..

 

According to Devi Pr, Karpadini is the wife of Kaparda. [siva], a

deity worshipped at ChagalAnda, one of the sixty eight sacred places.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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Her coiffure santifies the waters of the Ganges.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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>

> Kapardini

> Ka, water, ie of Ganga, para, the flow, da, sanctifies. His

[siva's]

> matted hair sanctifies even the water of the GangA.

>

> According to the commentator of the SU-sam., "Kaparda means,

earth,

> mockery, and praise." Hence Kapardini, greatly praised.

>

> Or, kapardini, decked with the garland of cow-dung cakes. When

Siva

> incarnated as MailAra, his wife called MahAlasA, was decked with a

> garland of cow-dung cakes. The Visva says, "Karpada means the

matted

> hair of Siva and cow-dung cakes"..

>

> According to Devi Pr, Karpadini is the wife of Kaparda. [siva], a

> deity worshipped at ChagalAnda, one of the sixty eight sacred

places.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>