Guest guest Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 baindavAsanA : Seated on Baindava The Baindava resembles the round spot above the brows. The Svacchanda Tr. says, "Above the HAkini circle there is a disc called Bindu... there, after describing the lotus, and Siva, there is the energy Manonmani, which is above the Santi, on [his] left side, etc" Baindava means SarvAnandamaya-cakra [ the 9th one ]. or baindava, the collection of bindus, Asana, her support, ie that which indicates the meaning of them [bindus]. The JNAnArnava Tr. says, "O fair one, I will explain to you the collection of bindus which are in the form of bija, know, O Parvati, ha with bindu as BrahmA, sa with bindu and sarga as Hari and myself, O Queen of Devas, the relation between Hari and Hara is that of inseparable association..." After describing VAmA etc, IcchA, etc, waking state, etc, all those are in the form of bindus, thus it is concluded by explaining, "thus as [Devi] is joined to the three bindus [or each VAmA, etc] she is name TripurA" or perfixing a to the name: Ap, in the water, aindava, the multitude of moons, ie of jivas, Asana, she remains, [the meaning is] she remains alone by non-difference, [in the multitude of jivas] which are her different reflections [like the various reflections of one moon in different waters] The Sruti [br. Bindu Up., 12] says, "Brahman is seen as one and as many like the moon in the water" BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry. Lalitha Sahasranama with commentaries now in SS homepage. See link http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Newhomepage/sadhana/Commentaries.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 She is seated in the Bindu, the innermost point in Sri Chakra. Stated to be the abode of Siva, it corresponds to the stalk of the Sahasrara Padma [Thousand-Petaled Lotus] in the head of the devotee. - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 1. She who sits at Baindava, the circle above the two eyebrows. 2. She whose seat is the Sarvanandamaya Chakra. 3. Baindava (= the collection of bindus) is Her support. NOTE: When the letter a is prefixed to the name it is abaindavAsanA, and when split as ab + aindava + AsanA, the compound is apsu yat aindava (= bindusamUtaH) tasmin (= jIvakadambabe) Aste sA. Aindava means the multitude of moons (jIvas), Aste means She who remains along by non-difference in the jIvas, which are Her different reflections, just as the various reflections of the one Moon in different waters. - Dr. L. M. Joshi, Lalita Sahasranama: A Comprehensive Study of the One Thousand Names of Lalita Maha-Tripurasundari (1998) , "NMadasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote: > > > > baindavAsanA : Seated on Baindava > > The Baindava resembles the round spot above the brows. The Svacchanda > Tr. says, "Above the HAkini circle there is a disc called Bindu... > there, after describing the lotus, and Siva, there is the energy > Manonmani, which is above the Santi, on [his] left side, etc" > > Baindava means SarvAnandamaya-cakra [ the 9th one ]. > > or baindava, the collection of bindus, Asana, her support, ie that > which indicates the meaning of them [bindus]. The JNAnArnava Tr. > says, "O fair one, I will explain to you the collection of bindus > which are in the form of bija, know, O Parvati, ha with bindu as > BrahmA, sa with bindu and sarga as Hari and myself, O Queen of Devas, > the relation between Hari and Hara is that of inseparable > association..." After describing VAmA etc, IcchA, etc, waking state, > etc, all those are in the form of bindus, thus it is concluded by > explaining, "thus as [Devi] is joined to the three bindus [or each > VAmA, etc] she is name TripurA" > > or perfixing a to the name: Ap, in the water, aindava, the multitude > of moons, ie of jivas, Asana, she remains, [the meaning is] she > remains alone by non-difference, [in the multitude of jivas] which are > her different reflections [like the various reflections of one moon in > different waters] > > The Sruti [br. Bindu Up., 12] says, "Brahman is seen as one and as > many like the moon in the water" > > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry. > > Lalitha Sahasranama with commentaries now in SS homepage. See link > http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Newhomepage/sadhana/Commentaries.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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