Meaning of bhaNDa

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At 09:57 PM 11/21/02 +0000, you wrote:

>Namaste,

>

>What does the word bhaNDa mean. This is the

>asura killed by shrI lalitA.

>

>Thanks

>Shrinivas Gadkari

 

 

Manmatha was turned to ashes by the glare of

Siva's third eye.

A Siva Bhutha leader called ChithrasEnan gathered

the ashes together and asked Siva to sprinkle some Amrita

on the heap and raise up Manmatha again from that.

Siva shook a few strands of His hair locks and

let a few drops of Divine nectar fall on the ash heap.

The ashes took the form of a person.

But it was not Manmatha.

It was a failed experiment for ChithrasEnan.

The raised person went to Brahma. Brahma laughed

at him and during the laughter, uttered the words,

"bhandu, bhandu....." - meaning funny.

And that became the person's name - Bhanda.

This stroy is from LalithObagyanam.

 

Regards

 

JayBee

 

 

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