Thursday
Presiding deity of the sacred waters
Corresponding to the third level of initiation | |
Manipuranta-rudita | She appears in the manipura of the devotee to establish the unreality of his wakeful state |
Aprameya | Born in waters or none to measure Her |
Pushkara | Presiding deity of the sacred waters |
Dharma-Vardini | Who promotes righteous conduct |
Dharmadhara | She supports the code of right conduct |
Sisteshta | Worshipped by those with right conduct |
Smrtih | Code of conduct |
Niyantri | Who lays down the laws and rules |
Shastra-sara | The essential power behind all scriptures to instruct men about their conduct |
Goptri | Protects the universe as its law |
Varnashrama-Vidhayini | Law-giver of structures and orders of life |
Tatttvasana | Sated on the categories or creatrix of all principles |
Punyapunya-phalaprada | iver of the results of all actions, righteous or inful. She is the inexorable law of karma. |
Visnu-grantih-vibhedini | She cuts the knot of Vishnu |
Bhagyabhdi-Candrika | She makes the sea of good fortune swell just as a moon makes the ocean go into high tide |
Dhanadhyaksha | Presides over wealth and worshipped by Kubera |
Vasuda | Giver of wealth |
Annada | Giver of food |
Dhana-dhyana-vivardhini | Promotes wealth and food |
Pustih | Nourishment |
Paramodara | Of supreme generosity |
Punnya-labhya | Attained by the meritorious or righteous. She is worshipped as a result of good actions in previous births. |
Kama-Dhuk | The wish fulfilling celestial cow |
Shambu-Mohini | Bewitches even Shambhu (Shiva) who is well known for his self control, such is Her beauty or power as Maha-Maya. |
Gurupriya | Fond of the guru |
Gurumurthi | Of the form of the guru |
Sanakadi-samaradhya | She appears as guru to the seeker because She is the source of all knowledge. |
Shantimati | tranquil towards Her devotees |
Shanti | Peace |
Samatmika | Peace is Her essence. Devotees with their mind at peace are Her abode. |
Karanguli-nakhotpanna-narayana-dashakrtih | the ten avatars of Vishnu emerge from the finger nails of her hands |
Mukunda | Also a name of Vishnu, the giver of liberation |