[Advaita-l] Anya Devata

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, V Subrahmanian wrote:

> 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?
>

The Chandi Path makes the identification explicit:

yA devI sarvabhUteShu viShnumAyeti shabdita |

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>