37. nityaa

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> Ravisankar Mayavaram [miinalochanii]

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> The name nityaa can also denote ***nitya-devata-s.***

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Dear Ravi,

 

Please explian this point a bit more. Thank you very much.

 

Regards,

Madhava

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Dear Madhavaji

 

I am quoting a part of the message posted by svAmi

Vishwarupananda sometime back. This lists the 15 nitya

devata-s. (I took liberty to remove the comma between

kulasundarii and nityaa, making it kulasundarii-nityaa as one

name). These nitya devata-s are not different from

shriimaata. They are different manifestations of HER. And they

govern each of the fifteen tithis. So by the name nityaa, one

can understand that SHE is indeed these nitya-devata-s.

 

I request Swami Vishvarupananda to add more. And please correct

me if I am wrong.

 

 

Ravi

 

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SahasranAmas

 

Harih Om,

 

Does anyone have some information, where to find the sahasranAmas (1000

names) of the Tithi-Nityas residing in the Shriyantra? They are

kaameshvarii, bhagamaalinii, nityaklinnaa, bheruNdaa, vahnivaasinii,

mahaa-vajreshvari, shivaduutii, tvaritaa, kulasundarii-nityaa,

niila-pataakaa, vijayaa, sarva-mangalaa, jvaalaa-maalinii, chitraa and

mahaa-nityaa, who is tripurasundarii herself.

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Raviji wrote:

> I took liberty to remove the comma between

> kulasundarii and nityaa, making it kulasundarii-nityaa as one

> name).

 

That's wrong. Yes, indeed each of these is a nitya, so you can say

kaameshvari-nityaa, bhagamalini-nityaa, etc. but kulasundari-nityaa and

nityaa-nityaa are two. So in the list I gave the comma has to remain. They

are 16 nityaas:

 

kaameshvarii, bhagamaalinii, nityaklinnaa, bheruNdaa, vahnivaasinii,

mahaa-vajreshvari, shivaduutii, tvaritaa, kulasundarii, nityaa,

niila-pataakaa, vijayaa, sarva-mangalaa, jvaalaa-maalinii, chitraa and

mahaa-nityaa, who is tripurasundarii herself.

 

Each of these nityaa deities represents (on the physical plane) one kalaa in

time, i.e. one tithi or lunar phase. On the spiritual plane they are phases

of manifestation (going towards spiritual night or ignorance, just like the

dark half of the month, krishna paksha) and spritual evolution/dissolution

(going towards the spiritual day or jnana, just like the light half of the

month, shukla paksha)