[Advaita-l] Saraswati is Shiva's sister?

[Nagesh Tavaragerimath]

Namaste!

Also to quote the verses from ShrI LalithA SahasranAmAvali:

"Maheshwara MahAkalpa MahA TAndava SAkshinI"

"MAheshwarI MahAdevI MahA LakshmIrbridapriyA"

"Aa Brahma Keeta JananE VarnAshrama VidhAyini"

"VishwagrAsA VidrumAbhA VaishnavI VishnurUpinE"

"SAmagAna PriyA SoumyA SadAshiva KutumbinI"

"SaraswatI ShAstramayI GuhAmbA Guhya RUpinI"

"MaheshwarI MahAkAlI MahAgrasA MahAshanA"

"AparnA ChandikA ChandamundAsura NishUdinI"

"KarAnguli Nakhotpanna NArAyana Dashakrutihi"

Shri Lalitha,is all pervading.

Hope this helps.

Pranams,
Nagesh.


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> In chaNDi-sapthasathi, the uttarAnga consists of "rahasya-traya" ie., 3
> rahasyAs viz.,
> prAdhAnikam, vaikrutikam, murti respectively.
>
> In the prAdhAnika-rahasya, the mUla-prakriti is called
> "chaturbhuja-mahAlakSmi".
>
> Out of this mUla-prakriti, emanates two cosmic forces as mahAkALi &
> mahAsaraswati.
> Moreover, she Herself projects forth a mithuna of stri-purusha who are
> named as brahma & lakshmi.
>
> The chaturbhuja-mahAlakSmi asks both mahAkALi & mahAsaraswati to project
> forth the stri-purusha mithuna.
>
> Thus, chaturbhuja mahA-kALi projects forth a mithuna in the form of
> shiva-saraswati;
>
> chaturbhuja mahAsaraswati projects forth a mithuna in the form of
> viSNu-gauri.
>
> So, to represent diagrammatically :
>
> chaturbhuja-mahAlakSmi (also called chaNDi) > brahma + lakshmi
>
> chaturbhuja-mahAkALi > shiva + saraswati
>
> chaturbuja-mahAsaraswati > viSNu + gauri
>
> Point to be noted is mahAsaraswati and saraswati are different
> bhAvanAtmaka-tattvAs.
>
> regs,
> sriram
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