Guest guest Posted March 7, 2001 Report Share Posted March 7, 2001 The third name in the "shrI lalitA ashhTottara shata nAmA vali" is: 3. aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo namaH It seems to mean something close to, "aum and salutations to She whose body is half shiva (shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of "saundarya" however. jai mA! --Aravind Blakeley Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2001 Report Share Posted March 7, 2001 Jami Blakeley wrote: > aum shrI mAtre namaH, > > The second name in the shrI lalitA ashhTottara shata > nAmA vali is as follows: > > aum himAcala mahAvamsha pAvanAyai namo namaH > > "himAcala", I think would mean the snow mountain or > Himaalaya mountain. "pAvanA" would mean pure, holy or > devi gaN^gA. I do not know the word "vamsha." > In devI bhagavatam, there is a portion called devI gIta, in which ambaa instructs brahma vidyA to himavaan and purifies him with that knowledge. This She does before taking birth as his daughter. Probably one can think of that also in the context of this name. Giridhar can correct me if I am wrong. I would request that you should give atleast 3 or 4 days time before posting the next name, so that more members can contribute what they think. Just a suggestion. Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2001 Report Share Posted March 7, 2001 Dear Jami, thanks for posting the ashtothra names.. your translations are very nice.. do keep it up... and do send a name everyday ( ravi sorry :-) ) because if you break a day then people like me loose the thread... :-) bala _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2001 Report Share Posted March 7, 2001 Jami Blakeley wrote: > The third name in the "shrI lalitA ashhTottara shata > nAmA vali" is: > > 3. aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo > namaH > > It seems to mean something close to, "aum and > salutations to She whose body is half shiva > (shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and > sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of "saundarya" > however. Yes. Saundarya means beauty. Shiva and Shakti are inseparable. Like the obverse and reverse of a coin. This concept gives rise to picturising them as sharing one body. SriMaata occupies the left half and Shankara the right side of one body. This form is called ardha-naariishvara . Sri Maata thus becomes shankara- ardha- anga- shariiraa. This form is very beautiful too, that is why soundarya is added. More detailed description of this form can be found in the stotrams dedicated to this particular form (unified shankara and Shakti) like ardhanaariishvara stotram. The philosophical import of this concept is something on which volumes are written , but we shall here stick to the basic meanings of the names. AUM shankara-ardha-anga saundaraya shariirayai namo namaH Aum. Salutations to She whose beautiful body forms half of Shankara's. Salutations again. V.M.Sundaram > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 The meaning could be - salutations to She who has the saundarya sharIrA (beautiful body) which is the half body (ardhaNga) of shaN^karA. Regards Narayan ---- you wrote: > The third name in the "shrI lalitA ashhTottara shata > nAmA vali" is: > > 3. aum shaN^karArdhaNga saundarya sharIrAyai namo > namaH > > It seems to mean something close to, "aum and > salutations to She whose body is half shiva > (shan^kara)." ardha=half, aNga=limb, and > sharIra=body. I do not know the meaning of "saundarya" > however. > > jai mA! > --Aravind Blakeley > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. > http://personal.mail./ > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help > > Your use of is subject to > > ------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 "V.M.Sundaram" wrote: > > More detailed description of this form can be found in the > stotrams dedicated to this particular form (unified shankara > and Shakti) like ardhanaariishvara stotram. The > philosophical import of this concept is something on which > volumes are written , but we shall here stick to the basic > meanings of the names. http://www.ambaa.org/stotrams/ardhanari.htm This page has a translation of ardhanAriishvara stotram, it may have errors as I did that based on my (very) limited understanding. Wherever possible (at least briefly) we can discuss the philosophical import, that way our understanding of the names will deepen. Thank you. Sincerely, Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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