LalithA SahasranAma [859] 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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1) She is the Goal.

 

"sA kAsthA sA parA gatiH: She is the End and She is the Ultimate

Path." (Katha Up. 3.11)

 

2) She is the Final Truth.

 

"iti vedAnta-vakyAnAm nisthA kAstheti kathyate: She is the Final Truth

enunciated by Vedanta." (Suta Samhita)

 

3) She is the Wife of Siva.

 

Kastha is the wife of Siva as Bhima, engendered is AkAsa, or Space.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

> 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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