Guest guest Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 shrIH > 19. giriishabaddhamaa.ngalyama.ngalaayai namo namaH | > > Obeisance be to the mahApatIvrata, (Devi) who is (adorned) > with the maa.ngalya tied by girISha i.e Shiva/Parameshvara. > ma.ngalA is a name of Durga, and can also mean a faithful> > wife > As in LS kAmeshabaddhamA.ngalyasUtrashobhitaka.ndharA> > meaning-"Adorned with the marriage thread tied by kAmesha> > (Shiva) around Her neck". 20. padmapaashaa.nkushalasatkaraabjaayai namo namaH padma paasha a.nkusha lasat kara-abjaa Salutations be to Her whose shining lotus hands are adorned with padma(Lotus), paasha(rope), and a.nkusha(goad). Can someone write about this form of Lalita Parameshvari? Is there a different form of Lalita with the above mentioned ayudhaas? rgds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 , "sadaashiva <sadaashiva>" <sadaashiva> wrote: > > 20. padmapaashaa.nkushalasatkaraabjaayai namo namaH > > padma paasha a.nkusha lasat kara-abjaa > > Salutations be to Her whose shining lotus hands are > > adorned with padma(Lotus), paasha(rope), and > > a.nkusha(goad). I was thinking about this name for a while after you wrote it. Following may be wrong, I think another interesting way to think about this naama. paasha is the rope of bondage. sahasranaama says raaga svaruupa paashaaDhya. If you read in saundaryalaahari, ambaa (in a peotic sense) puts only the Lord in bondage. But SHE liberates all others. HER eyes, delude the lord to world and it creation, but frees all others. a) padmaa paasha, HER paasha which binds to HER lotus like feet. And HER ankusha (goad), directs or goad the wandering mind of the devotee to HER feet. b) padma means chakra, referring to chakra-s. Depending on one degree of spiritual elevation, one is bound to a certain chakra, such as muulaadhaara, and so on. In kundalini yoga, one tries to go above this level. But typically, it one's puurva karma that bind one's level of development to a particualar chakra. As "karmaphalapradaa" SHE binds the devotee to particular padma or chakra. Hence, one can take the word "padma" as a qualifier of paasha. Not independently qualifying a particular hand. Typically, the other two hands hold flower arrows and sugarcane bow. My 2c. As I mentioned above, I may be wrong. If so, advance apologies. Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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