LalithA SahasranAma [797] kalAnidhih

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kalAnidhih : Reservoir of science

 

KalAs are described before [ see comm. on name 236].

 

KalAs are jivas. The Br. Up [i. 5. 15] says, "The Atman is the

sixteenth KalA of him." KalAnifhi may mean the moon's disc.

 

According to the Siva-Sutra [ I. 3 ] "... KalA means body." the

commentator of this explains kalA means action [karman]; hence all

actions end in her [nidhi]; Bh.-gitA [iV. 33], "All actions, O Partha,

end in wisdom".

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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1. She is the fountainhead of the Moon's 16 aspects.

 

2. She is the fountainhead of all the Arts. (KalA also means "art,"

meaning thereby that all arts are derived from Her).

 

3. She is the fountainhead of all Karma. (KalA can also mean "the

body," or Karma. According to the Siva Sutras, She is the object and

receptacle of all actions.)

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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> kalAnidhih : Reservoir of science

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> KalAs are described before [ see comm. on name 236].

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> KalAs are jivas. The Br. Up [i. 5. 15] says, "The Atman is the

> sixteenth KalA of him." KalAnifhi may mean the moon's disc.

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> According to the Siva-Sutra [ I. 3 ] "... KalA means body." the

> commentator of this explains kalA means action [karman]; hence all

> actions end in her [nidhi]; Bh.-gitA [iV. 33], "All actions, O

Partha,

> end in wisdom".

>

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> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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