140. Niṣkalā She has no rays coming out of Her. Her Māyā Śakti is of the same stuff as Herself and it feels Herself everywhere. Therefore there can be no projection. Projection implies a distance. Sin...

139. Nirguṇā While Devi appears to have the three dimensions of desire, knowledge and action, in reality, She is the world of all these characteristics. The world is ephemeral as long as desires exist...

138. Nirākulā Devi is unperturbed, vibrationless. How can the Universe which is so full [of] vibrations of all sorts be called vibrationless? In order to transcend the dualities induced by vibrations,...

Sri Matre Namaha, What was Guruji's take on performing dosha nivaran puja and/or graha shanti puja to nullify astrological influences? Is it better to simply do Sri Vidya Upasana, or should we also ma...

137. Nirākārā Devi has no form. Quite often the devotee is confused by the occurrence of words of completely opposite meanings at different places in the Lalitā Sahasranāma. How can opposites describe...

136. Nityā Devi is permanent. Although we do speak of the appearance and disappearance of forms of Devi as we have explained earlier, all the transitory phenomenon are also permanent to a transcendent...

135. Nirmalā Devi is free from all impurities. The possibility of an impurity arises only when a pure entity is getting mixed up with another impurity, which is not pure by definition. What is happeni...

134. Nirlepā The word lepana means anointing, like anointing a perfume on one's body. Devi does not get coupled to anything. She does not anoint anything. She does not contact anything. She produces t...

133. Nirañjanā Devi inherently has no coloration, no bias of any sort. What makes of this colourful universe around us? Where are these colours? The atom which emits ?a like? quantum has no colour. Wh...

132. Nirādhārā She has no support. She supports everything else in the world. For the devotee who is trying to realise himself, all paths can lead only up to a certain point and no further. From then ...

131. Śāntimatī This word has two meanings, that She has peace within Her and that She has a peaceful mind. Śānti means peace and mati means mind, more aptly discrimination. Quiet, discrimination, bala...

130. Śātodarī Devi has a narrow waist. A narrow waist and broad hips are the hallmark of beautiful woman. Narrow waist indicates a supple body. According to the śastras, a waist that can be cupped in ...

129. Śaradcandranibhānanā Her face emits the cool glow of the full moon in the month of Āśvayuja. The rainy season will then just be getting to a close and the skies are clear of dust, the moon shines...

128. Sādhvī Sādhu means a sage. Sādhvī is a sagely woman. If we consider the letter meanings, according to the Śiva Sūtras: the letter Sa stands for sattvaguṇa, the letter dha of yoni and the letter v...

127. Śrīkarī The word Śrī means grace. Śrīkarī means that She showers abundant grace on Her devotees. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript (an incomplete com...

126. Śāṅkarī The word Śāṅkara is derived from the noun ‘Śam’ and ‘Karoṭi’. Thus, Śāṅkara means, the maker of bliss. The wife of Śāṅkara is called Śāṅkarī. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā ...

125. Śarmadāyinī Śarma means happiness. She is the giver of happiness to Her devotees. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript (an incomplete commentary on Lali...

124. Śarvāṇī Śarva means Śiva and Śarvāṇī is the wife of Śiva. Also Śam means auspiciousness and piety. Arvāṇī means the enjoyer. Thus the name means the enjoyer of auspicious and pious things and tho...

123. Śāradārādhyā She is worshipped by Sarasvatī, sometimes called Śāradā. There is a book in mantra śastra called Śāradātilakam. This described the worship of the deity and its various modes. All the...

122. Śāmbhavī Śambavi is the name of a mudrā. It means the fixation of the focus of the eye between the object seen and the seer, namely on the space halfway between them. This eliminates the object f...