LalithA SahasranAma [833] paNcAsatpitharUpini

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paNcAsatpitharUpini : Fifty seats.

 

PaNcasat [fifty] : the expression here generally stands for fifty-0ne.

Hence Harsadiksita in commenting on the first verse of the

sAradAtilaka "His body is eternal bliss, etc" expalins fifty as fifty-

one.

 

The fifty-one seats [pithas] are from KAmarUpa to ChAyAchatra. [see

Yoginihrdaya for the 51 names, III. 40-46] Therefore in the PithanyAsa

which is included in the SadhAnyAsa, the fifty-one pithas are

mentioned. The BrahmA. Pr. says, clearly on this point :"Then must be

established in order the fifty-one pithas.... Those [pithas] possessed

with the order of letters should be established in their [proper]

places of letters." The Yoginihrdaya [iII. 39-46] also says, "O

beloved one, one should established the pithas in the places of divine

letters [mAtrkAs]... These pithas are said to be the forms of letters"

Thus by saying that the pithas are the place of letters, it is

explained clearly that the pithas are fifty-one. In the commentaries

on the above works it is explained that th ealphabet from ! to Ksa is

to be established in each place and the nyAsa of the pithas should be

performed in each place of them [letters]. The author of the

Sundarimahodays says that the pithas are only fifty, having the

syllable ksa out of count. This is wrong because the above quotations

[from JNAnArnava, etc] regulate the pithas according to the mAtrkAs.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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She is of the form of Sabda-Brahma [God as The Word]. The letters of

the alphabet, from A to Ksa, which are her pithas [seats] are also

Her forms.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

>

> paNcAsatpitharUpini : Fifty seats.

>

> PaNcasat [fifty] : the expression here generally stands for fifty-

0ne.

> Hence Harsadiksita in commenting on the first verse of the

> sAradAtilaka "His body is eternal bliss, etc" expalins fifty as

fifty-

> one.

>

> The fifty-one seats [pithas] are from KAmarUpa to ChAyAchatra.

[see

> Yoginihrdaya for the 51 names, III. 40-46] Therefore in the

PithanyAsa

> which is included in the SadhAnyAsa, the fifty-one pithas are

> mentioned. The BrahmA. Pr. says, clearly on this point :"Then must

be

> established in order the fifty-one pithas.... Those [pithas]

possessed

> with the order of letters should be established in their [proper]

> places of letters." The Yoginihrdaya [iII. 39-46] also says, "O

> beloved one, one should established the pithas in the places of

divine

> letters [mAtrkAs]... These pithas are said to be the forms of

letters"

> Thus by saying that the pithas are the place of letters, it is

> explained clearly that the pithas are fifty-one. In the

commentaries

> on the above works it is explained that th ealphabet from ! to Ksa

is

> to be established in each place and the nyAsa of the pithas should

be

> performed in each place of them [letters]. The author of the

> Sundarimahodays says that the pithas are only fifty, having the

> syllable ksa out of count. This is wrong because the above

quotations

> [from JNAnArnava, etc] regulate the pithas according to the

mAtrkAs.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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