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LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
683. Note that Sobhana-sulabhā-gatih is here taken
as one compound to avoid the repetition of No. 462.
691. The chaturanga of an army in ancient India
consisted of the cavalry, elephant force, chariots and
infantry.
711-712. The expression sadhvi is divided here
into sãdhu+i, so as to avoid the repetition of No. 128.
Hence we have two names. The first one-säādhu-
means ucitam or proper. The meaning is that the
Devi is properly interpreted as the Power that dispels
ajñāna. The second one, viz., is the fourth letter of
the alphabet, with the bindu becomes in which
symbolizes Kāma-kalā. For the explanation of Kama-
kalā see Introduction.
714. Kula here means the senses.
717. Madhumati is the name given to the highest
plane which the most advanced yogin has to cross. The
Devi is here identified with that plane.
722. Gurupriya-Siva is the guru of the world and
the Devi is his beloved.
725-727. The reference here is to the story that
Siva once took the form of the sixteen-year-old
Dakşiņāmürti and by his very silence imparted the
highest knowledge to Sanaka and other Rişis. The
Devi is here identified with that Guru. It is to be
noted that Dakşināmürti is the Rişi of the followers
of Dakṣiṇachāra among the Sāktas.
733. Nandi or Nandikeśvara is the chief attendant
of Siva. Nateśvara in the next name is Siva himself.
LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
683. Note that Sobhana-sulabhā-gatih is here taken
as one compound to avoid the repetition of No. 462.
691. The chaturanga of an army in ancient India
consisted of the cavalry, elephant force, chariots and
infantry.
711-712. The expression sadhvi is divided here
into sãdhu+i, so as to avoid the repetition of No. 128.
Hence we have two names. The first one-säādhu-
means ucitam or proper. The meaning is that the
Devi is properly interpreted as the Power that dispels
ajñāna. The second one, viz., is the fourth letter of
the alphabet, with the bindu becomes in which
symbolizes Kāma-kalā. For the explanation of Kama-
kalā see Introduction.
714. Kula here means the senses.
717. Madhumati is the name given to the highest
plane which the most advanced yogin has to cross. The
Devi is here identified with that plane.
722. Gurupriya-Siva is the guru of the world and
the Devi is his beloved.
725-727. The reference here is to the story that
Siva once took the form of the sixteen-year-old
Dakşiņāmürti and by his very silence imparted the
highest knowledge to Sanaka and other Rişis. The
Devi is here identified with that Guru. It is to be
noted that Dakşināmürti is the Rişi of the followers
of Dakṣiṇachāra among the Sāktas.
733. Nandi or Nandikeśvara is the chief attendant
of Siva. Nateśvara in the next name is Siva himself.