Guest guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 caturangabalesvari : Ruler of the armies. caturanga, armies consisting of cavalry, elephants, chariots, an dinfantry; or the four kinds of military arrays. Caturangabala may mean the four vyUhas [aggregates]. They are according to the Vaisnavas, VAsudeva, etc.; to the Saivas and the SAktas these mean their respective four vyUthas. According to the Bahvrca Up. it means the Person in the body, the Person in the metre, the Person in the Veda and the Great Person. BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Posted February 14, 2006 This also means that She is the Queen of the Four Vedas. - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > > caturangabalesvari : Ruler of the armies. > > caturanga, armies consisting of cavalry, elephants, chariots, an > dinfantry; or the four kinds of military arrays. > > Caturangabala may mean the four vyUhas [aggregates]. They are > according to the Vaisnavas, VAsudeva, etc.; to the Saivas and the > SAktas these mean their respective four vyUthas. > > According to the Bahvrca Up. it means the Person in the body, the > Person in the metre, the Person in the Veda and the Great Person. > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry > Quote
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