LalithA SahasranAma [85] KAsthA

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KAsthA : Goal

 

The period of time consisting of eighteen minutes is called KAsthA,

also it means DAruharidrA [ a piece of certain wood ].

 

KAsthA is the final doctrine set forth by the VedAnta passages. The SU-

sam says, "Whether visible or invisible, real or unreal it is the

supreme Siva. Thus the final declaration of the VedAnta passages is

called KAstha" The Sruti {Katha. Up., III. 11] :"She is the goal, she

is the supreme way".

 

KAstha is the wife of the supreme Siva in the form of the ether called

Bhima and the mother of heavan. The Linga Pr. says "The divine Siva

called Bhima in the form of ether giving space for all things animate

and inanimate. The wife of this glorious divine, supreme Bhima, is

called KAstha; [heavan] is their son" The VAyu Pr. also repeats the

same.

 

KAstha, as she stands after crossing. The Sruti [sve. Up., III. 14]

says, "He stood ten inches beyond" The Bh-gitA [X.42], "I do abide by

a portion prevailing this entire universe"

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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