Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Supremely generous According to the Amara [470] udArA means great : She is great in space and time. The Sruti : "He is like ether, all-pervading, eternal" Or, para, supreme, moda, bliss, A, on all sides, ra gives. Or, parama, much, uda, water, ie ocean here meaning the ocean of worldly existence; ArA, weapons, she is the destroyer of the worldly existence [of her devotees] By prefixing a to the name we get aparama, etc : apa, gone, rama, joy, ie miserable, to such persons she is, udArA, generous. 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 July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 She is supremely generous, readily responding to the prayers of Her devotees. - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote: > > > Supremely generous > > According to the Amara [470] udArA means great : She is great in space > and time. The Sruti : "He is like ether, all-pervading, eternal" Or, > para, supreme, moda, bliss, A, on all sides, ra gives. Or, parama, > much, uda, water, ie ocean here meaning the ocean of worldly > existence; ArA, weapons, she is the destroyer of the worldly existence > [of her devotees] > > By prefixing a to the name we get aparama, etc : apa, gone, rama, joy, > ie miserable, to such persons she is, udArA, generous. > > > > > > 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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