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...

121. Bhayāpahā Devi eliminates fear from the mind of the devotees. The condition is that Devi is worshipped as oneself. This oneself exists in both the inside and outside. As long as the entire cosmos...

120. Bhaktivaśyā Devi comes to the aid of the devotee if there is real devotion. The ‘vaśya’ means 'controlled'. Even the Supreme Empress can be controlled through devotion and diligence. Since Devi m...

118. Bhaktipriyā She is fond of devotion. The words Bhakti and Śraddhā have similar meanings. They can best be understood in the meaning of the careful attention to the details of what one was doing. ...

117. Bhaktasaubhāgyadāyinī She gives marital bliss to Her devotees. The word saubhāgya means, according to the splitting of Sau + Bhāgya, the bliss of the Śakti as manifested. The word Bhāgya means th...

116. Bhadramūrti She is auspicious in form. The Devi has five modes of existence. These are called Asti, Bhāti, Priyām, Nāmam, and Rūpam. The first three mean existence, knowledge and bliss. These are...

115. Bhadrapriyā She is fond of safety for Her devotees. Bhadra also means an elephant besides safety. Śrī Sūktam says of Devi: ‘Hastināda-prabodhinīm’. Awakening the sound of an elephant God, Vinayak...

We honor the line of transmission. The guru-śiṣya parampara is very important because all knowledge comes through the lineage. Transmission lineage gives us blessings, transmission lineage gives us th...

114. Bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā She is the axe that cuts down the forest of the notions of multiplicity presented by the external world. Her tyrant has three components, the subject, the object and the exper...