Lalitha and Ananda

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Dear members,

 

If any of these topics have been covered in the

yesteryears, pl point me to the URL. Otherwise, I

would like listen to the comments from the saadhaks of

this forum:

 

1) About Lalitha: Her Name, Meaning etc. I understand

Lalitha in a unique form of Mother among the sruthis

and smrithis. What is the significance?

 

2 Lalitha and Ananda: Of the seven vyahrithis, Janar

lokha is equaled to Ananda. This world and shrushti is

said to be her Lila, a play for Her Ananda. What is

the innner meaning of these two?

 

3) Tirumeeyachur Lalithambika temple: A few days back

when I was in Chennai, a very old friend of mine gave

meentioned about Lalithambika temple at Tirumeeyachur

near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The sthala seems to have

connections with Lalitha Sahasra namam. what are the

details of this?

 

Thanks in advance for your time on this.

 

-gopal

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Respected devotees,

 

I have a book titled " Shrividhya NityAnhikamu " in telugu authored by Dr.

P.V.B.Mahavdev (disciple of Sri C.V.Swamy Sastri garu of Guhananda mandali,

Madras). In this it is mentioned that Shri Swmay Sastri garu explains the

meaning of " LALITHA " as --->

 

lakshya tvAt sarvavidyAnAM , liMga hInatayA sthite

tAraka tvAt bhavAmbode , laliteti prakIrtyate

 

Meaning (as mentioned in the book) :

LA - SHE is the goal / lakshyam of all nigama , Agama vidhyas.

LI - 'Being' is a state to which is associated a gender, form etc. But SHE is

beyond this and so is linga-heenam (no bhedam as to male/female etc).

THA - SHE is the embodiment of Taraka tatvam since it is only SHE who can

take us beyond this samsara sagaram

 

Hence LAkshyam, LInga-heenam, TAraka-tatvam, put together and lo! there SHE is

" LALITA " devi.

 

 

Bala Sharanam,

Lalitha.

 

Gopal G <gopal_gopinath wrote:

Dear members,

 

If any of these topics have been covered in the

yesteryears, pl point me to the URL. Otherwise, I

would like listen to the comments from the saadhaks of

this forum:

 

1) About Lalitha: Her Name, Meaning etc. I understand

Lalitha in a unique form of Mother among the sruthis

and smrithis. What is the significance?

 

2 Lalitha and Ananda: Of the seven vyahrithis, Janar

lokha is equaled to Ananda. This world and shrushti is

said to be her Lila, a play for Her Ananda. What is

the innner meaning of these two?

 

3) Tirumeeyachur Lalithambika temple: A few days back

when I was in Chennai, a very old friend of mine gave

meentioned about Lalithambika temple at Tirumeeyachur

near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The sthala seems to have

connections with Lalitha Sahasra namam. what are the

details of this?

 

Thanks in advance for your time on this.

 

-gopal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear gopal,

 

Namaste. Hope you have comfortably settled down in US with sweet memories of

your trip to India.

 

The word “lalitha†has its origin in Matsya Purana (60th chapter Sloka No.

12). It says:

 

“lokaan atitya lavanya – lalitha tena uchyateâ€. The beauty that has

surpassed this entire universe. I could not translate the word “lavanya†in

English. Probably I should say in the words of John Keats “a thing of beauty

is joy for everâ€. So, it is this beauty which is Lalitha. So, from Lavanya

and Loka, L (dirgha L) and l (hrasya L) is picked. It becomes “Lalâ€. From

“ateeta†(ati+itha), ‘itha†has been picked. So, Lal+itha becomes

Lalitha.

 

As per mantra-sankhya:

 

From Kaadi nava, Taadi nava, Paadi pancha, Yaadi-ashta, in the word

“Lalitha†, L denotes 3, a denotes 1. So, 3 x 1 = 3; similarly, in Li, L

denotes 3 and i denotes 2 so, 3 x 2 = 6; Similarly, in tha, th denotes 6 and a

denotes 1, so, 6 x 1 = 6. So, Lalitha denotes 3 + 6 + 6 = 15. Which is

Panchadashakshari Mantra.

 

Svatantra tantra says:

 

Svaatma eva devata proktha – lalitha vishvavigraha

Lauhityam tat vimarsah syat – upasthiriti bhavana

 

Kaala bhuta panchakaadi tattva, varna, samadhistha yogi tripthiprada

chandrakala rupini iti LALITHA. So, Time, 5 Gross Elements, Matrika and the

Chandrakala at Sahasrara Chakra is Lalitha. Lalitha is also called Subhaga or

Sundari.

 

Please refer my earlier posts for the name “sundariâ€. This is the

“shuddha jnana†in Triputi (Jnatru-Jnana-Jneya). In this Triputi, she is of

the form of Shuddha Jnana. And this Jnana is addressed as “Umam Haimavatim

Bahushobhamanaam†in Keno Upanishad. This word “shobha maanaa†is taken

as Sundari in Triputi. Hence, Lalitha Tripurasundari.

 

This Lalitha is KAADI Vidyaswarupini.

 

Now, if you observe entire Lalitha sahasranama, nowhere the name Lalitha has

come except at the end (sivasakthaikya rupini lalithaambika). What I have

learnt from my guruparampara is that these entire names ie., from Srimaata,

srimaharajni……..to sivasaktaikya rupini are the adjectives to sri lalitha.

Hence, while doing the parayana of LS, one should do the bhavana as :

 

Srimaata rupini sri lalitha; Sri maharajni rupini sri lalitha; Srimat

simhasaneswari rupini sri lalitha, and so on and so forth. So, every name is

the adjective of Lalitha and while doing the parayana, the bhavana should be

such that these names should be mentally imagined to be pre-fixed with Lalitha.

So, Lalitha is the underlying thread that holds the entire LS which are

adjectives.

 

The first three names of Lalitha itself encodes the Mahasodhashi Mantra and

the forth mantra “chidagni kunda sambhuta†encodes the source of this

Mahashodasi.

 

Now, as regards, your doubts about Janah, in vyahriti, please do not get

confused with the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and TV Kapali Sastry. I will give

a personal mail to you regarding this since this is not the forum to be

discussed about the Aurobindo Yoga.

 

Finally, I conclude with the words of Shri TV Kapali Sastry on Srividya:

 

“Whatever the path the aspirant follows, there are certain basic requisites

for the Sadhana to be successful. The Goddess of Srividya is the Mother of

Beauty and Bliss, the Mother of Love and Grace. One who follows the path of

Srividya should be a worshipper of Beauty and Grace. He should reject ugliness

in all its forms. He should not only shun the outer ugliness but also ugliness

in thought, word and deedâ€

 

With regards,

Sriram

 

Namami Prachanda chandikaam…….

 

 

Gopal G <gopal_gopinath wrote: Dear members,

 

If any of these topics have been covered in the

yesteryears, pl point me to the URL. Otherwise, I

would like listen to the comments from the saadhaks of

this forum:

 

1) About Lalitha: Her Name, Meaning etc. I understand

Lalitha in a unique form of Mother among the sruthis

and smrithis. What is the significance?

 

2 Lalitha and Ananda: Of the seven vyahrithis, Janar

lokha is equaled to Ananda. This world and shrushti is

said to be her Lila, a play for Her Ananda. What is

the innner meaning of these two?

 

3) Tirumeeyachur Lalithambika temple: A few days back

when I was in Chennai, a very old friend of mine gave

meentioned about Lalithambika temple at Tirumeeyachur

near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The sthala seems to have

connections with Lalitha Sahasra namam. what are the

details of this?

 

Thanks in advance for your time on this.

 

-gopal

 

 

 

 

 

 

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