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735. Notice that, by calling the world mithya, the
author subscribes himself to the Maya-vada of Sankara.
 
754. Parvati, the daughter of IIimavat, was called
aparna because, when she was making tapas for ob-
tamning Siva, she abstained from taking even a leaf
(parna) as food
 
755 Chandika was the form that the Devi took for
killing Mahisasura, as narrated in the Markandeya
Purana
 
756 It is narrated in the Märkandeya Purana that
when Käli killed the two Asuras-Chanda and Munda,
Chandika was pleased and conferred on her the title of
Chamunda.
 
766 Japa flower is the so-called china rose
 
773
 
Patali is the pale red trumpet flower
 
776
 
Mandāra is the flower of the coral trec-one
of the five trees in Indra's Paradise
 
785 Mārtānda-bhairava is one of the eight Bhairava
forms of Siva.
 
786 Lalita Deva's mantrını is Syamalambă accord-
ing to the Lalitopakhyāna
 
790 Para and Apara are the unconditioned and the
conditioned forms respectively of Brahman
 
793. She is the abode of equality-the equality of
Siva and Sakti
 
795. Kāmadhuk is the well known celestial cow
which yields whatever one desires.