To Brian on arms

[Guest guest]

Dear Brian,

The goddess is often seen as four armed. Each arm is a power. However

I don't know the symbols. This looks like a job for Swamiji!

 

In reading the Chandi, I have read Durga as 4 armed, 8 armed, 16

armed, 1,000 armed, and other permutations. In some cases, the number

of arms and what they hold seem related to what Durga is doing, and in

some cases, they seem descriptive. I want to draw Durga, and I think I

will stick with something easy like 4 or 8 arms. (grin) Jai Maa Durga

Ki Jai ~ Linda

P.S. Can somebody tell me what Ki means?

[Guest guest]

I think each arm holds a weapon of the goddess, that she uses to destroy

negative thoughts. I think the goddess starts out with four arms and then

grows more as needed to kill thoughts.

The weapons are symbols of how consciousness destroys the thoughts. They

are clues as to the sort of attitude we need to become

conscious.

But I don't know them.

I guess I'm not there yet.

hehe.

Brian

At 06:46 AM 9/4/2004, you wrote:

Dear

Brian,

The goddess is often seen as four armed. Each arm is a power. However

I don't know the symbols. This looks like a job for Swamiji!

In reading the Chandi, I have read Durga as 4 armed, 8 armed, 16 armed,

1,000 armed, and other permutations. In some cases, the number of arms

and what they hold seem related to what Durga is doing, and in some

cases, they seem descriptive. I want to draw Durga, and I think I will

stick with something easy like 4 or 8 arms. (grin) Jai Maa Durga Ki

Jai ~ Linda

P.S. Can somebody tell me what Ki means?

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