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...

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...

113. Bhāvanāgamyā The state of Bhāvanī can be approached through Bhāvana, meaning imagination. The nature of the imagination required to be followed is described in detail in the Bhāvana Upaniṣad. Thi...

112. Bhavānī Devi is called Bhavānī. “Bhavani Bhoda Samāya” so says the śruti. This means the word Bhavānī is used to describe Devi when She is in a state of enjoyment. The nature of this enjoyment is...

111. Bisatantutanīyasī The power of Kuṇḍalinī flashes through the nervous system appearing like sparks of light moving along fine threads. These sparks are usually white or yellow in colour. Moving ac...

110. Kuṇḍalinī Kuṇḍalinī means a circle or a spiral. The movement of awareness takes on a spiral line or a helical path traversing all the lotuses of the Samayācāra mode of worship and it takes a circ...

109. Mahāśakti Devi represents a great desire or a desire for greatness. Both these meanings derive from the splitting Mahā + śakti. The word 'mahā' means both great, as well as Cosmos. Mahāśakti repr...

108. Ṣaṭcakroparisaṁsthitā She resides in the seventh lotus, in the seventh heaven above the first six lotuses which are the first six heavens. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bh...

107. Taṭillatāsamaruciḥ She is flashing like lightening. Such flashes of illumination are usually followed by voluminous outpourings, intuitive truths, which arrange the jigsaw puzzle of life and its ...

106. Sudhāsārābhivarṣiṇī She reins peace, tranquility and bliss making every pore inside and outside the body of the devotee quiver in ecstasy. Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bh...