Vak Devis description of Lalithambikai - Part 9





शाश्वती  (951)

Sasvathi

She's eternal . She's worshiped again and again. 

शाश्वतैश्वर्या  (952)

Sasvataiswarya

She's the embodiment of eternal wealth,  the wealth of knowledge and prosperity. 

शर्मदा (953)

Sarmada

The bliss of joy and comfort that She gives is eternal. 

शम्भुमोहिनी  (954)

Sambu-mohini

She entices Lord Shambu (Lord Shiva),  Her consort.




धरा (955)

Dhara

She's in the form of Earth , Prakriti.

धरसुता (956)

Dhara-Sutha

Sutha means daughter. She's the daughter of Himavan, the king of mount ains. 

धन्या  (957)

Dhanya

She's the possessor of wealth and prosperity. She bestows them on Her devotees. 

धर्मिणी  (958)

Dharmini

She's said to be in the form of Dharma 

धर्मवर्धिनी (959)

Dharma-vardhini

She removes deceptive nature and increases righteousness in the minds of Her devotees.





लोकातीता (960)

Lokatita

She transcends all worlds,  Indra loka,  Brahma loka and Vishnu loka and lives with Shiva in Maha Kailasha. 

गुणातीता (961)

Gunatita

She's beyond attributes or guna-s, namely Sattva , rajas and  tamas 

सर्वातीता (962)

Sarvatita

She transcends entirety which means She's the Supreme. 

शमात्मिका (963)

Samatmika

Sama means Tranquillity that's attained through intense meditation. Tranquillity is Her nature.





बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्या  (964)

Bhandhuka-kusumaprakkhya

Bhandhuka is a tree whose flower is yellowish red in colour  and is very bright and tender.  She is compared to this flower. 

बाला (965)

Bala

She's known as Bala in Her manifestation as a young girl of nine years. 

लीलाविनोदिनी  (966)

Lila-vinodini

Lila means Her three primary actions of creation, sustenance and dissolution, which is like a act of play for Her.





सुमङ्गली (967)

Sumangali

Mangala means anything auspicious. Su means possession of supremacy. Therefore she's the embodiment of supreme auspiciousness. 

सुखकरी (968)

Sukhakari

She gives happiness.

सुवेषाढ्या (969)

Suveshadhya

She's is very attractive and beautifully adorned with rich ornaments and garments. 

सुवासिनी (970)

Suvasini

A woman who is auspiciously dressed and lives with her spouse is called Suvasini. 

She's the embodiment of all such good qualities.





सुवासिन्यर्चनप्रीता (971)

Suvasinyarchana-pritha 

She's highly pleased when she's worshiped by Suvasini-s.

आशोभना (972)

Aashobana

The alphabet Aa strengthens the word Shobana. Shobana means beautiful, Aashobana means extremely beautiful. 

शुद्धमानसा (973)

Suddhamanasa

She's pure minded.





बिन्दुतर्पणसन्तुष्टा (974)

Bindu-tarpana-santushta

She's happy if offerings are made in the Bindu,  the center point of Srichakra. Offering special argya on the Bindu is called tarpana. 

पूर्वजा (975)

Purvaja

She exists even before creation. Shiva created Her and She created the universe. 

त्रिपुराम्बिका (976)

Tripurambika

Tripurambika means mother of triads, creation, sustenance and dissolution. 

Tripurambika is the presiding deity of the inner most triangle of Srichakra , in the midst of which the Bindu is placed. The three lines of the triangle represent all that is in the form of triads. Each corner of the triangle is guarded by Vama, Vajreswari and Bhagamalini,  the three important deities of Srichakra. All the triads unite into a single Bindu.





दशमुद्रासमाराध्या (977)

Dasamudra-Samaradhya 

She's worshiped through ten types of finger gestures known as mudras.sarva sa~NkShobhini, sarvavidrAvinI, sarvAkarshini, sarvavashankari, sarvonmAdinI, sarvamahankusha, sarvakhechari, sarva bIja, sarva yoni, sarva trikhaNDA) Samaradhana means worship.

त्रिपुराश्रीवशङ्करी (978)

Tripura-Srivasamkari 

Tripurasri is the name of the presiding deity of the fifth avarana of Srichakra, which is known as the accomplisher of all objects. Tripurasri is part of Lalithambika and she's worshiped by the vac-devis before revealing Lalithambika in the last nama.





ज्ञानमुद्रा (979)

Jnanamudra

This mudra,  also known as Chin mudra,  is made by connecting the tips of the index and thumb fingers, by keeping the other fingers stretched. It indicates the union of jivatma with paramatma. This nama calls Her gnanamudra as She's the embodiment of knowledge. 

ज्ञानगम्या (980)

Jnana -gamya

Gamya means approacheable. She's approacheable only through knowledge. 

ज्ञानज्ञेयस्वरूपिणी (981)

Jnana-jneya-svaroopini

She's the knowledge and the known.





योनिमुद्रा  (982)

Yoni-mudra

Yoni  is the typical symbol of the divine procreative energy and is the ninth mudra of the dasa mudras discussed earlier. She's in the form of Yoni mudra. 

त्रिखण्डेशी (983)

Trikhandesi

Trikhannda mudra,  also known as Brahma mudra, is the tenth mudra. It means the merger of various triads into a single entity.

त्रिगुणा (984)

Tri-guna

She's in the form of three guna-s,  Sattvic, rajas and tamas. 

अम्बा  (985)

Amba

This is an interjectory statement. The practitioner gets excited here and reaches a stage that is very close to ecstasy. Amba means mother. 

त्रिकोणगा (986)

Trikonaga

Trikona means triangle. This nama means that she resides in a triangle. The inner most triangle of Srichakra, also known as Sarva-sidhi-Prada chakra.





अनघा (987)

Anaga

Agha means sin,  impurity,  suffering, etc. This nama says she's devoid of these qualities. 

अद्भुतचारित्रा  (988)

Adbhuta-caritra

Adbhuta means extraordinary, supernatural, wonderful ,marvellous and caritra conduct, behavior, manner of acting, etc. This nama says Her behavior is supernatural and wonderful. 

वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनी (989)

Vanchitartha-pradayini 

She gives whatever is prayed for, by Her devotees.





अभ्यासातिशयज्ञाता (990)

Abhyasatisaya-jnata 

Abhyas means "to concentrate". Atisaya means pre-eminent, superior, abundant ,etc and jnata means to know or to comprehend. This nama says that one should practice continuously to focus his entire attention to know Her supreme qualities. 

षडध्वातीतरूपिणी (991)

Sadadhvatita-rupini 

There are six types of worship, pada, Bhuvana, varna, tattva, kala and mantra. In order to attain Her, one has to meditate on Srichakra using these six methods of worship.





अव्याजकरुणामूर्तिः (992)

Avyaja-karuna-murtih

She's compassionate to everyone without bias.

अज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिका (993)

Ajnana-dhvanta-deepika

She's the lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance.





आबालगोपविदिता  (994)

Aabala-gopa-vidita 

She's perceived and understood even by children and cowherds ,who do not have spiritual knowledge. 

सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्यशासना (995)

Sarvanullanghya-sasana

Her commands are never disobeyed.






श्रीचक्रराजनिलया (996)

Srichakra-Raja-nilaya

She abides in Srichakra, which is also known as Sriyantra. This is the supreme amongst all yantras.

श्रीमत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरी  (997)

Srimat-Tripura-sundari

Shiva is known as Tripura Sundara and His consort is Tripura Sundari. Tri means three and pura means fortress, castle, etc. This refers to the three unique acts of creation, sustenance and dissolution.





श्रीशिवा (998)

Sri Shiva

Shiva means purity of the highest order. Shiva also means liberation. She's most auspicious and divine Shiva. 

शिवशक्तैक्यरूपिणी (999)

Siva-Sakty-aikya-rupini

This is the most revered,  admired,  perplexed , incomprehensible and secretive form of the divine couple , the confluence of Siva and Sakthi. The universe is created, sustained and dissolved and re-created by them at their will that is indentured by the law of karma. 

ललिताम्बिका (1000)

Lalithambika

Srimata,  thy name is Lalithambika_

_She's the supreme mother, she's the Brahman. She's the embodiment of compassion, yet she's tough at times and punishes the guilty. She can be attained only through pure and unstinted devotion, without which one cannot go anywhere near her. 

She's everything and everything is created, sustained and dissolved by Her.

This completes the interpretation on Her  one thousand  auspicious namas that is now placed at Her sanctifying lotus feet praying for all round happiness, prosperity and peaceful co-existence.

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