[Advaita-l] Re: purusha sUktam & nArAyaNa sUktam

[M. S. Ravisankar]

hrIm.h is explained in detail in some of the names of trishatii bhaashhya.
I don't remember any of them directly bringing in the meaning of "modesty".
However, one of the synonyms of modesty, "lajjaa" is used as a code word for
hriim.h. For instance, the name lajjaa-pada-samaaraadhyaa in trishatii has a
hidden meaning that ambaa is worshipped with hriim.h, lajaa pada is taken to
mean hriim.h as lajjaa is hrii.

Ravi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: savithri devaraj [mailto:savithri_devaraj at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Re: purusha sUktam & nArAyaNa sUktam
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>
> Namaste Sri profvk,
>
> > The word 'hrIH' means 'Modesty'.  'shrIH' means
> > Wealth and Prosperity. The line 'hrIshca te
> > lakshmIshca patnyau' says that 'Your Consorts are
> > Modesty and Prosperity.
> >
> > The word 'hrIH' is a very significant word in
> > Vedanta. Shankara in his Bhashya on Sanatsujatiya,
> > writes for 'hrIh' : "akArya-karaNe lajjA" -- sense
> > of shame in doing the wrong thing!
>
> just curious,
>
> Is hrIH related to 'hrIm' - one of the bIjAksharas for
> the devi? Do they both mean the same?
>
> Savithri
>
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