199. Sarvaśaktimayī She is omnipotent. Śakti can be interpreted as energy or force or potency. Potency implies a latent energy. She is the power of the consciousness which can create, move and annihil...

198. Samānādhikavarjitā She treats all equally. The above paragraph might have given an understanding that the Devi is partial to Her devotees. This name dispels all such wrong notions, by making it c...

197. Sāndrakaruṇā Devi is full of a deep and abiding compassion towards Her devotees and showers grace abundantly on them. It is not by our efforts, but through Her grace that we are uplifted. There a...

196. Sarvajñā Both Śiva and Devi have this common name of sarvajña meaning knower of everything. Devi is the witnessed consciousness, Śiva is the witnessing consciousness in everyone, at all possible ...

195. Doṣavarjitā She is free from any blemish. In the defensive role of protecting the devotees, She will no doubt attack the evil forces and may appear to be cruel. But this is the cruelty of a surge...

194. Durāchāraśamanī She cools down the effect of evil procedures. There are different procedures both for achieving good and bad ends. Devi protects Her devotees from the evil and effect of evil proc...

193. Duṣṭadūrā She keeps the evil force at a distance. The force or the evil trend, such as sadistic or masochistic tendencies in man. Sadism involves deriving pleasure by hurting others. The connecti...

192. Sukhapradā Sukha means pleasure which is distinct from bliss. Intense pleasure may be likened to bliss. These words differ in degree of intensity of experience. Devi not only eliminates misery, b...

, In video Guruji mentions how the ashta pasha (kama, krodha, lobha e.t.c) are equavalaent to Brahmi, Maheshwari e.t.c. I am curious to know if there is more information on the correspondance and any ...

191. Duḥkhahantrī Devi kills the misery. Misery comes out of attachment to worldly possessions, or to bodily comforts, or to mental imagery, or to individual life. By removing the ignorance concerning...

190. Durgā Durgā, the famous Goddess protecting human prosperity and intelligence, is the virgin form of Devi. Mary of Christianity, of Mariyamma of the Hindus - is the same virgin aspect. The word Ma...

In soundarya lahari, shloka #11 , it says, 4 shiva triangles, 5 shakti triangles are - the 9 causative forces (mula prakriti) (चतुर्भिः श्रीकण्ठैः शिवयुवतिभिः पञ्चभिरपि प्रभिन्नाभिः शंभोर्नवभिरपि मूलप...

189. Durgamā The path to transcendence is littered with difficulties. The first difficulty concerns the identification of the soul with the physical body of Devi, Sadhaṭa. The second difficulty consis...

188. Durlabhā She is difficult to obtain. It is not easy to transcend the human mode of thinking for a human, or ant mode of thinking for an ant. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī ...

186. Nirapāyā She [is of] no danger Herself. She does not create dangers or dangerous situations to Her devotees. The Caṇḍi Saptaśatī says about Devi: “Those whose are dependent on Devi for succour kn...

185. Nīlacikurā Having black dresses. Black is the colour of the unknown. Surrounding Her moon-like white face is the colour of blackness. The unknown surrounds the known and the knowable. Source: Śrī...

184. Nistulā Devi has no equal. She is incomparable to anything else. She cannot be compared to anything else because there is nothing, only Her. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī ...

183. Niṣparigrahā While giving everything to the world, She does not take anything away. Her nature is sacrifice called yajña. The sage Andhatamasu wondered ‘Where is the centre of the Universe? Is th...

182. Niṣkriyā While performing all actions She is really actionless in the transcendental form. Action is defined as: force into distance moved by an object along this force. Force involves a second d...

181. Mṛtyumathanī Mṛtyu means death. Mathani has two meanings. The first meaning is vitiation. The second meaning is derived from the word Mithuna, this means “unites with”. As Kālī, She kills. Even w...