Mother's Names 226 to 250

 [226] जालन्धरस्थिता  Jaalandhara-sthitaa -Residing in throat. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 378

ज्ञ

[227]  ज्ञानगम्या ] Jnaana-gamyaa -Where unconditioned nature is to be attained by knowledge, Mother's unconditioned nature is mere absolute consciousness which is free from limitations, infinite, immortal and supreme.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 980

[228] ज्ञानज्ञेयस्वरूपिणी  Jnaana-jneya-svaroopini -  In the form of knowledge and knowable. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 981

[229]  ज्ञानदा Jnaanadaa  - Bestower of knowledge. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 643 

That knowledge which causes modifications of the feeling of joy and sorrow to rise inwardly and outwardly towards sensual objects and which develops a network of dualities and which ensnares a man, is called knowledge leading to bondage. One who is bound by this bondage , is forever in the samsaara (worldliness), and a worldworm, living and dying in bondage. Mother in the bestower of knowledge which is reverse of this knowledge.

[230] Jnaana-mudraa ज्ञानमुद्रा - This figure is formed by joining the tips of the thumbs and forefingers to a circle.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 979

[231] Jnaanavigrahaa ज्ञानविग्रहा - Whose body is formed of atoms, every one of which is permeated with knowledge.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रनाम क्रमांक 644

Jnaana alone is the supreme liberator, Jnaana lone is the supreme binder. This universe consists of knowledge. There is nothing beyond knowledge . Jnaana is both Vidyaa or liberating knowledge  and Avidyaa, or binding knowledge.

[232] ज्वालामालिनिकाक्षिप्तवह्निप्राकारमध्यगा  Jwaalaamaali-nikaakshiptaa-vahni-praakaara-madhyagaa  - She is in the centre of the blaze of fire throwing out sparks. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 71

All this seeming protection from outside against enemies and the army paraphernalia is more for dignity.The real thing is that whatever appears as a spheroidal fire-blazing protective stronghold enveloping Herself, radiates from Herself.

There is a reference that while Mother was fighting accompanied  by the army of Her Shaktis against demon, the demon said, " Why do you get proud of defeating me ? It is the power of thy shaktis and not Thyself ". The Mother answered him saying " These are only my splendors and my own aspects. There is none except myself ", and on Her replying so, all the Shaktis entered Her.

This name can also be taken to mean " She that most miraculously creates sparks of devotion in the midst of blazes of fire of calamities, in the case of the devotees."

ड

[233]  डाकिनीश्वरी Daakinishvari -Deity, by name Daakini.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 484

[234]  डामर्यादिभिरावृता Daamaryaadibhiraavritaa  - Attended by Daamari and other Shaktis etc. Da to Pha, 10 letters. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तो.नाम क्रमांक 498

त

[235]  तडिल्लतासमरूचिः Tadillataa-sama-ruchih - Brilliant and speedy as the lightning flash, in Her passage from Mulaadhaar to Sahasraar.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 107

[236]  तत् Tat - That. She that is all that is outside "Thee". ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 425

[237] तत्पदलक्ष्यार्था Tatpada-lakshyaarthaa - She is what is secondarily meant by " Tat " तत् .ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 363

[238]  तत्वमयी  Tattvamayi - In the form of Tattvas. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 907

Next should be the consideration of Tattvas. Tattvas are numbered differently by different teachers, primarily.

Primarily, we may consider the three Tattvas, viz., Atma Tatva, Shiva Tattva and Vidya Tattva. The imperfect, the perfect and the transformer of imperfect to perfect. She is collectively in the form of these three Tattvas, as well as transcending the three.

For thirty six Tatvas in detail the introduction  may please be read.

(1) Atmatattva has preponderance of the element of Shiva merged in maayaa, (2) Vidyaa Tattva has that of Shakti and (3) Shiva Tattva , that of Shiva and Shakti combined. The fourth ( The Turiyaa Tattva ) represents the unification and oneness of these three together. From another view, these three Tattvas represents Sat, Chit and Ananda. From earth upwards, the thirty six Tattvas including Atma are represented by the Tattva "Sat". Chit is the working Power and Ananda is the transformation of imperfect to perfect and the combination of Shiva and Shakti. It is the shadow of this Ananda which the soul experiences, on attending the desired object or state. Taking the two said sets  of the interpretations of the Tatvas, Shivatattva correspondence to Anada because it is blissful, Shaktitattva to Chit because it confers knowledge and power, & Atmatattva to Sat, because it has immortal existence, knowledge -- external and perfection -- reaching destiny.

[239] तत्वमर्थस्वरूपिणी  Tattvamarthasvarupini  - In the form of the identity of "That and Thou". ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 908

Tat means Shiva, or perfect soul, tvam means, the Atma or imperfect soul. Mother is both Shiva and Jiva, as also the unifier and unification or oneness of both.

[240] तत्वाधिका  Tattvaadhikaa  - Transcending the Tattvas. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 906

The condition of going beyond the Tattvas is indicated by both Samprajnaata and Asampratjnaata Samadhis, meaning states of blissful unconsciousness. The Asamprajnaata Samadhi arises on being unified with Shiva Tattva. The Samprajnaata Samadhi arises by transcending the Shiva Tattva. 

The Asamprajnata Samadhi is slow. The Samprajnata is quick. The slow Samadhi is indicated by the fixity of the eyes and of the body The quick Samadhi is indicated by laughing, crying, by hair standing erect on their ends, trembling, perspiration, etc.

[241]  तत्वासना Tatva-asanaa - She that is the basis of all eternal varieties. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र ,नाम क्रमांक 424

[242]  तनुमध्या Tanu-madhyaa -Slender waisted. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र,

 [243]  तमोपहा  Tamopahaa - Remover of darkness. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 361 

Tamas means ignorance. They that worship ignorance enter blind darkness. Darkness and ignorance mean death. Primarily Tamas manifests itself in two ways , (1) not knowing the right thing and knowing truth as untruth and untruth as truth (2) Deadness, inertia, aversion or any change or activity.

Under deadness comes absence of control over senses and false contentment known as Ashakti or Tushti respectively. Tushti is also a kind of Tamas, and some of its varieties are" All your exertions towards raising religiosity are simply wasteful. Time is unsuitable. God himself does not like. It is the wish of God that in Kaliyuga (iron age) religious work can not bear fruit."

Under the other head of Tamas comes ignorance, inversion and abuse, the dynamic force being egotism and selfishness. The abuse of God Grace to obtain Siddhis and utilise them to one's fame and easy attainment of  all comforts, pleasures and sources of merry-making is the most degenerative abuse. In the case of ignorance the man has no knowledge but in the case of inversion he knows facts and yet acts in the opposite manner.Incapacity and weakness is one thing, over-activity and oppressiveness is another thing and between the two is indecision and oscillation and hypocrisy, etc.

नाम क्रमांक 360

[244]  तरूणादित्यपाटला Taruna-aditya-paatalaa - Rosy like the morning Sun. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 922

Mother assumes different colours according to the form under which She is contemplated.

When She confers Grace for the attainment of salvation She becomes white in colour. In Her aspects as controlling men, women or kings, She becomes red in colour. In Her aspect of controlling wealth, She becomes saffron colour, while creating enmity, She is tawny-coloured and while She is in the action of slaying enemies, She is black.In Her love towards Her devotees, She is rosy.

[245]  तरूणी  Taruni - Ever young. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 358

None will be tired of Her, and She is not tired of so much worry of the devotees, and the work of conducting the universe. Her play with devotees is above the influence of Time,insipidity, fatigue, tiresomeness or monotony.

[246]  तलोदरी Talodari - Slender waist-ed.  ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 847

Here Mother is described in the poetic strain. She is stated to be slender waisted.

(Please read shloka श्लोक  79 of Saundarya Lahari सौन्दर्य लहरी ).

[247]  ताटंकयुगलीभुततपनोडुपमंडला Taatankayugalibhuta tapanodupamandalaa - The two jewels in her ears are the sun and the moon.

The sun and the moon are the breasts,eyes and ear-rings of Mother. [ ललिता सहसनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 22 ]

[248]  तापत्रयाग्निसंतप्तसमाल्हादानचन्द्रिका Taapatrayaagni-samtapta-samaahlaadaana-chandrikaa

 She is the moon-light delighting those burnt by he triple fires of misery. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 357

The triple fires are as under:-

(1) due to visible causes of this world, including other persons, beings, causes, and elements (Bhautik);

(2) due to the Law of action and reaction(Karma) and the dispensation by the deities in charge of justice and maintenance of equilibrium and regulators of the main incidents of one's life(Diavik);

(3) impurity, sinfulness, ignorance, perverted intellect, etc., of the soul, by itself (Atmik);

Physical causes remaining the same, the miseries gets multiplied or reduced according as the stage which each soul has attained, and according as what one really is.

A Mai-ist should Concentrate his attention most on the point of what he is, subordinating the Considerations of what he has and what he does, to that of what he really is.

[249] तापसाराध्या   Taapasaaraadhyaa - ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 359

Worshipped by ascetics or souls suffering from actual calamities or burning in the triple fire of worldliness. Another meaning is that She is the only worshippable in the midst of the miseries of the world. Taapa means miseries  or fires, mainly stated to be three, as explained elsewhere. Saara means essence and Dhyaa means meditation.

[250] तांबूलपूरितमुखी Taambula-purita-mukhi - Her mouth is full of betel. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 559

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 [201]  चारूचन्द्रकलाधरा Chaaru-chandra-kalaa-dharaa -Possessing all the different processes of creating and spreading joy, as of the beautiful Crescent Moon. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 243

[202]  चारूरूपा Chaaru-rupaa  -Exquisite beauty. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 241

[203] चारूहासा  Chaaru-haasaa -With beautiful smile.  "The Moon is Thy sweet smile" Oh Most Gladdening Mother !! ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 242

[204]   चिच्छक्तिः Chitshaktih - The power that removes Avidya ignorance and grants right and righteous consciousness. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 416 

[205]  चिति  Chiti - Intelligence, Wisdom.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र नमा क्रमांक 362

Wisdom as opposed to Avidyaa and intelligence as opposed to dull-mindedness.

[206]  चित्कला  Chitkalaa - The energy of consciousness residing in the minds of all embodied souls.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 728

[207]  चिदग्निकुण्डसंभूता  Chidagnikunda-Sambhootaa- Who is born from the altar of the fire of consciousness. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 4

If Mother is such a heroic and Majestic Queen, is She also unapproachable like such queens ? No, just the reverse, She is at your beck and call. From the fire of devotion of a devotee that burns within his heart uninterruptedly, without fuel, and dispels the darkness of desire and attachment to other things and other persons , She at times bursts forth. Devoted heart is a fire because it consumes the sins and evils of the Universe and Mother abides in that fire, though not born from it.

Mother has often appeared from the physical altar of religious sacrifices as well. Thus run some of descriptions - " Out of the sacrificial fire, slowly arose a woman divinely beautiful, adorned with divine ornaments and bright as the moon. She was Mother, the only one , the supporter of the Universe, equal to whom there is none ". Again we have '' Then the devotees constructed  a very beautiful sacrificial altar and the devotees offered their body, mind and soul as oblations. When they were about to offer up the whole of their bodies, there appeared a great blaze of light, bright as millions of suns and cool as millions of moons put together; in midst of this light was seen an indescribable wheel-form ( Shree Chakra ); and from its centre the Great Mother shining like the morning sun dawned forth. On beholding the great Mother, the souls of all were filled with ecstasy and they bowed to Her again and again."

[208]  चिदेकरसरूपिणी  Chidekarasarupini  - The one ocean of all intelligence brought to a homogeneity.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 364

The idea is this. Consider a lake in which all people put in good and bad things. The lake as a whole, malarias or of decease-removing property, is equally effective to all. Any man who  does a good action or thinks a good thought adds to the permanent lake, and She is the master of all the workings in this lake, and of the universal homogeneous influence of this lake.

[209] चिंतामणिगृहान्तस्था  Chintaamanigrihaantasthaa - Residing in a house built of Chintaamani. ललिता  सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 57

Chintaamani is that jewel which yields all the objects desired to the possessor, as soon as he meditates on Mother and makes the demand about the thing desired.

[210] चिन्मयी  Chinmyi  - In the form of consciousness. CHAITANYA, Intelligence or sentience. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 251 

[211]  चेतनारूपा Chetanaarupaa - In the form of consciousness. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 417

Shakti is Chaitanya itself.Devotees meditate upon that primeval Vidya, which is in the form of Chaitanya of all, and which guides their senses.

[212]  चैतन्यकुसुमप्रिया  -Chaitanya-kusuma-priyaa - She is fond of Chaitanya flower. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 919

This means that Mother is fond of hearts as soft, delicate, sweet and fragrant as flowers. Some narrate the above stated eight substances as flowers, but penance and sense-restraining and wisdom are unfortunately substances too hard to justify being called flowers. I therefore prefer a little departure.

The idea underlying this word is that having gone through penance and sense-restraining practices, etc., if the devotee turns cynic or hateful to others or looks upon the universe with an attitude of displeasure, disappointment or dissatisfaction, He is still immature.

According to Mother's Ideal he who has a hatred towards ignorance, passion, wickedness, cruelty and other evils of the universe is still Katchaa  कच्चा (immature). Evil must not remain as evil to him. When everything is joy creative, when nothing but good remains, then it is that Mother is fully pleased.

She is pleased with the flower of the soul of Her devotee. Devotee must not be austere-looking or getting boisterous at the evils of the universe, etc.

The higher meaning full of devotional ecstasy is that She is pleased by simply looking at the sweet flower-like (chaitnya - चैतन्य ) face of Her devotees. As a Mother the very fact that Her devotee is happy is enough to make Her happy, without any other expectation of  service or worship or return of any kind from the devotee.

When a man is in a foreign country the Mother passes anxious days for his return.When he returns, the very sight that he has come hale and hearty is more than enough to drown the Mother in an ecstasy of joy. She is pleased only with the fact that he has returned lively (alive), for which the son deserves no credit. Mother's heart says," Harass me remaining alive, but do not relieve me by dying." Chaitanya चैतन्य  means life, livingness.

[213]   चैतन्यार्घ्यसमाराध्या Chaitanyaarghya-samaa-raadhyaa - She is to be worshipped by the Arghya अर्घ्य means water mixed with holy substance for dedication to Mother. This Arghya should be your own mentality, your own consciousness. It should be Arghya; your mentality should be liquefied and not hard as solid. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 918

The Arghya अर्घ्य  must be flavoured with eight holy substances. First non-injury, second sense-restraining, third pity, fourth compassion, fifth wisdom, sixth penance, seventh truth and eighth meditation.

छ

[214]  छंदसारा  Chhandahsaaraa - ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक  844

Chhanda means metre or unrestrained conduct. She is the essence of metres, viz., Gaayatri. She is the essence of all joy arising from unrestrained conduct, which is merely a shadow of the joy proceeding from Her. Chhanda also means craving for unrestrained conduct. The highest joy resulting from unrestrained limitless craving, is when is one arising, from madness after Mother.

 - ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक  844

Chhanda means metre or unrestrained conduct. She is the essence of metres, viz., Gaayatri. She is the essence of all joy arising from unrestrained conduct, which is merely a shadow of the joy proceeding from Her. Chhanda also means craving for unrestrained conduct. The highest joy resulting from unrestrained limitless craving, is when is one arising, from madness after Mother.

ज

[215] जगतीकंदा   Jagatikandaa - Seed of the world.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 325

[216]  जगध्दात्री Jagaddhatri - Supporter of the world. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 697

The firm bridge for the sake of preserving order of the beings, as a Mother of family.

[217]   जडशक्तिः Jadashaktih  - She is the energy of the inanimate creation and inanimate things. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 418

Thus both Chaitanya and Jada, sentient and insentient, is She.

An object is and becomes what it is by its own energy. Every object even though inanimate has its own energy and is able to exert a certain influence and produce a certain effect or change.

 The energy is generally dependent on and borrowed from the Chaitanya Shakti in close proximity. As an instance, a mirror has the power of enhancing the practice of concentration through  inanimate.

 [218]  जडात्मिका Jadaatmikaa  - She that is the soul of the objective world. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 419

She is insentient Mother as well.

[219] जननी Janani  - Mother. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र,नाम क्रमांक 832

Some read this with the previous word in the text and take one of the names of Mother to be Brahma-janani. This explains the Mother's Lodge view. Some ask " Is Mother the Mother of Krishna who is represented to be Poorna (Perfect) and of Shiva ?" 

Mother's Lodge explains thus," Consider some deity, Mother  of that deity, Mother of that deity's Mother, and so on. You must come to some end.That Finalmost Mother is the Mother of the Mother's Lodge.. Highest variety that the Hindus can conceive of is Brahmaa. Mother's Lodge says , " If Brahmaa has Mother, the Mother of the Lodge is the Mother of Brahmaa." There must an origin from which all this has originated and origin means  Mother.

Taking the Puraanic view even when Naaraayan is sleeping, Lakshmi, although represented to be shampooing is awake.It is worldly foolishness to infer that the shampooing entity is inferior.

[220] जन्ममृत्युजरातप्तजनविश्रांतिदायिनी Janma-mrityu-jaraa-tapta-jana-vishraanti-daayini Bringing peace to men consumed by miseries accompanying birth, death and decrepitude. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 851

[221]   जपापुष्पनिभाकृती Japaa-pushpa-nibha-akruti - She that is as tender and beautiful as the Chinese Rose. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 766 

[222]  जयत्सेना  Jayatsenaa - With victorious and invincible army, for fights of all classes, physical, moral, spiritual etc.The conquest-bestower with Her invincible and victorious army. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 788

[223]  जया Jayaa  - Allied to Jayini. Ever giving victory.ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 377

[224] ज्वराध्वांतरविप्रभा Jaraa-dhvaanta-ravi-prabhaa - The sun-beam which dispels the darkness decay. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 745

[225]   जागरिणी Jaagarini - She that manages the waking state. ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्र, नाम क्रमांक 257

She that manages the waking state to dear all, which is the state of being capable of doing external actions through the activity of different faculties and organs of action and knowledge. Jiva or soul in its waking state is called Jagarit and acts in the gross body called Vishva.