Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 rAjarAjesvari : Ruler of the kings of kings. RAja, BrahmA, Visnu, Siva, etc who are the kings of the Devas, etc. or RAjarAja is Kubera (the god of wealth ) BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 The RAjAs are the eight DikpAlakAs, and their overlords are the Trimurthis -- Brahma, Visnu and Maheswara. She rules over these overlords. - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > > rAjarAjesvari : Ruler of the kings of kings. > > RAja, BrahmA, Visnu, Siva, etc who are the kings of the Devas, etc. or > RAjarAja is Kubera (the god of wealth ) > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 >The RAjAs are the eight DikpAlakAs, which are what? anybody know? Max -- Max Dashu Suppressed Histories Archives Global Women's History http://www.suppressedhistories.net Quote
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Hi Max: The Ashta Dikpalakas are simply the Eight Directions, or points of the compass. They are often referred to in vaastu calculations: 1. Kubera (N): Wealth 2. Iswara (NE): Knowledge 3. Indra (E): Senses 4. Agni (SE): Fire 5. Yama (S): Death 6. Niruti (SW): Negative Forces 7. Varuna (W): Rain 8. Vayu (NW): Air/Wind This latest series of LS names, as you probably noticed, has concentrated a lot on Her areas of dominion. Rajarajeswari is more or less the apotheosis of that -- saying She rules over the Trinity (i.e. the Divine World) and the Eight Directions (i.e. the Manifest World) is basically just a more dramatic way of saying She rules over everything, everywhere, no exceptions. ;-) Hope that helps ... DB , Max Dashu <maxdashu wrote: > > >The RAjAs are the eight DikpAlakAs, > > which are what? anybody know? > > Max > -- > Max Dashu > Suppressed Histories Archives > Global Women's History > http://www.suppressedhistories.net > > > Quote
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