BhavAnI nAma Sahasra Stutih : Namas 644, 645 , 646 & 647

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Hello Nora, Paulie, everyone.

 

> I think it depends on where you're coming from.

 

Yes, I agree.

 

Differents schools, different texts, use different forms of langage

in describing the relation between Goddess and God,

goddesses and gods.

 

Paulie, have you looked at the introduction to the BhavAnI nAma

Sahasra on the Shaktisadhana website? It is at

 

http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Newhomepage/sadhana/Bha

vanisahasranama/BSCommentarieshtmls/BHSIntro.html

 

BhavAnI nAma Sahasra is a text - one of many - in which the

feminine face of ultimate reality is called Bhavani, and the

masculine face of ultimate reality is called Shiva. They are

represented as a married couple.

 

This text lists Durga as one of the thousand names of Bhavani -

name 47, to be precise...

 

Om Shantih

Colin

 

 

, " NMadasamy "

<nmadasamy wrote:

>

> I think it depends on where you're coming from. Jankinath

> Kaul " Kamal " thinks otherwise. If you look at most of the

commentary

> they also refer the Devi as the spouse of the male god. The

Devi

> always must be the wife and nothing else. This is what most

often

> drives me nuts.

>

>

>

>

> , " bsharishankar "

> <bsharishankar@> wrote:

> >

> > ---

> >

> >

> > Durga is never personified as spouse of any deity including

Siva.

> >

> > Kausiki who manifested out of Parvati is often identified with

> > Durga in Narayanisthuthi of Devimahatmya. It is Kali who is

very

> > often identified as spouse of Siva.

> >

> Harishankar

>

>

> > In , " prainbow61 "

<paulie-rainbow@>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > Namaste,

> > >

> > > How is Durga the spouse of Siva? I have heard this before,

but I

> > don't

> > > understand where it is from.

> > >

> > > pr

> > >

> > > , " NMadasamy "

<nmadasamy@>

> > wrote:

> > > >

> > > >

> >

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