Writings on Divine mother..........Sai Maa

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XII When we compare Lalita sahasranama with the candi-mahatamaya we see what a

great change has come over the worship of the Goddess through the influence of

the Tantric ides . As , in the earlier poems we have in Lalita too references

to the fight of the Goddess with a demon . But the war in the alito-pakhyana is

on a more refined plane , as Bhanda is amore refined Asura than the bison-headed

Mahisa; and ,as their names indicate ,Lalita represents the gentle side , and

candi the fierce side of the Goddess . Probably both the fights were meant to

be allegories .If so ,Mahisa could be beast in man , and Bhanda the ego in man

and the Devi the Divine spark in him . To realize the God in himself man has

to conquer first of all the beast in himself and at a later stage the egoism in

himself .The second fight is on a much higher level and with superior

weapons---Astras instead of Sastras . In the earlier fights , man resorts to

laws and regulations , and in the later to prayer and contemplation . In truth

the battle on the both the front is a never-ending one .For these Asuras never

die. Slain in one form they rise in another and renew the attack .

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is the better side of the Tantras that has influenced the Lalitasahasranama .

At the commencement of the poem the author describes at length the person of

the Goddess and refers throughout the litany to her marvellous beauty. Her

jehels ,her flowers ,her smiles and her likes and dislikes are all revealed to

us with such exquisiteskill that we feel the gracious presence of the Devi and

believ that she is really as the poet says , a maha-lavanya-sevsdhih------ a

treasure-house of beauty. Sahasranama is the most artistic one . But we do not

read the Lalita for its poetry . We read it for its religious content .And from

point of view of religious thoughts ,if we compare it with the odes in the

Candi-mahatmya we are struck at once with its far wider range and its greater

depth and variety .

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mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> But ,fortunately , it

is the better side of the Tantras that has influenced the Lalitasahasranama . At

the commencement of the poem the author describes at length the person of the

Goddess and refers throughout the litany to her marvellous beauty. Her jehels

,her flowers ,her smiles and her likes and dislikes are all revealed to us with

such exquisiteskill that we feel the gracious presence of the Devi and believ

that she is really as the poet says , a maha-lavanya-sevsdhih------ a

treasure-house of beauty. Sahasranama is the most artistic one . But we do not

read the Lalita for its poetry . We read it for its religious content .And from

point of view of religious thoughts ,if we compare it with the odes in the

Candi-mahatmya we are struck at

once with its far wider range and its greater depth and variety .