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LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
bhakti towards the goddess has also its legitimate
place in the system, as the Devi Bhagavata amply
testifies (See especially Book VII, Chapter XXXVII)
Accordingly, the Lalitasahasranama has such names as
the following, indicative of this element
bhaktipriya, bhaktıgamya, bhaktivasyā, bhaktimat-
kalpalatıka, bhakta manasa-hamsika, bhakta-chitta-keki-
ghana-ghana, etc
And, after all, it is these simple names inspired by
genuine piety that possess universal validity, whereas
the names that embody the doctrines of an arbitrary
system or the details of a Puranic story can appeal only
to the members of a sect. Hence the former constitute
the most enduring and valuable part of the litany.
The names dealing with the war against Bhandasura
and with the three-headed and four-headed Saktis
Rakini and Lakini that guard the chakras of the
Kundalini-Yoga, and even the names describing the
physical beauty of the goddess, in spite of their sonorous
language, are mere tinsel compared with the pure gold
of the names that point to some aspect or other of the
Teligious experience of men in all ages and countries
To this superior class belong such names as the
following:
-
antarmukha-samaradhya, bahırmukha-sudurlabhā
abhyasatıśaya-jnātā, avyāja karuna-mürtih, haruna-
rasa sagara, vandāru-jana-vatsala, sadyah-prasadını,
visva saksīni, sāksı varjita, prema-rupā, priyam-karı,
svargāpavargadā, bhāva-jna, bhava roga-ghni, bhava-
chakra-pravartini, etc
LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
bhakti towards the goddess has also its legitimate
place in the system, as the Devi Bhagavata amply
testifies (See especially Book VII, Chapter XXXVII)
Accordingly, the Lalitasahasranama has such names as
the following, indicative of this element
bhaktipriya, bhaktıgamya, bhaktivasyā, bhaktimat-
kalpalatıka, bhakta manasa-hamsika, bhakta-chitta-keki-
ghana-ghana, etc
And, after all, it is these simple names inspired by
genuine piety that possess universal validity, whereas
the names that embody the doctrines of an arbitrary
system or the details of a Puranic story can appeal only
to the members of a sect. Hence the former constitute
the most enduring and valuable part of the litany.
The names dealing with the war against Bhandasura
and with the three-headed and four-headed Saktis
Rakini and Lakini that guard the chakras of the
Kundalini-Yoga, and even the names describing the
physical beauty of the goddess, in spite of their sonorous
language, are mere tinsel compared with the pure gold
of the names that point to some aspect or other of the
Teligious experience of men in all ages and countries
To this superior class belong such names as the
following:
-
antarmukha-samaradhya, bahırmukha-sudurlabhā
abhyasatıśaya-jnātā, avyāja karuna-mürtih, haruna-
rasa sagara, vandāru-jana-vatsala, sadyah-prasadını,
visva saksīni, sāksı varjita, prema-rupā, priyam-karı,
svargāpavargadā, bhāva-jna, bhava roga-ghni, bhava-
chakra-pravartini, etc