[Advaita-l] Anya Devata

[Ramanan Subramanian]

>
> In the Srimadbhagavatam, Krishnavataram, there is the mention of the birth
> of Yoga Maya, a girl child to the / a wife of Nandagopa.  This child was
> brought to Mathura where Devaki-Vasudeva were imprisoned.  Kamsa tried to
> kill this girl baby.  The girl flew up from Kamsa's grips and revealed that
> She would be worshiped in the world with these names:
>
> durgeti bhadrakALi iti vijayaa vaiShNavi iti cha |
> kumudA chaNDikA kRShNA madhavee kanyaketi cha ||
> mAyA nArAyaNI cha IshAnA shaaradEtyambiketi cha |  10.2.11 - 12
>
> Could these names, Durga, etc., be associated with PaarvatI, the consort of
> Shambhu, Shiva?
>

None of the names, as far as I see, have any characteristics of Parvati...
Bhavani, Haimavati, Parvati, Dakshayani, Sati, etc.


> The Lalita Sahasra Nama has this one name for the Mother:  PadmanAbha
> sahodarI (280 / 281).
>

Well, when I look for conclusive evidence, I usually want something that
will convince the critical/skeptical opponent, if possible (I am not saying
I am one). Critics/Skeptics may say that Lalita Sahasra Nama does not have a
commentary before 17th Century which is pretty recent, plus Sri Satish
recently told on this thread that the text is of tantric origin and was
appended to a Purana later.

The same problem is with Krtis written after 17th Century.