66. lasaddADimapATalA

Ravisankar S. Mayavaram msr at ISC.TAMU.EDU
Tue Jun 9 21:29:05 CDT 1998


66. lasaddADimapAtalA

SHE who has lusture of  pomegranate flower.

lassaddADimA means lustrous or full blown pomegranate flower.  dADimA also
implies other flower like bandhUka which have a red hue. HER form is
described as pATala, which is mainly red mixed with white. "shvetaM
raktaMtu pATalaM"  - which means pATalam  is red and white.

AUM lasaddADimapATalAyai namaH


pATala is  the Trumpet flower (or pAdiri pU in tamizh)

Compare the names

bandhUkakusumaprakhyA,
madapATalagaNDabhUH
taruNAdityapATalA
pATalikusumapriyA

of shrI lalitAsahsranAmam



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