--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Do any of the Vedic scholars here know what would be the > most > > > ancient > > > > > name given for Mother Divine. I mean the actual Mother of > the > > > > > universe ?? (not the nuns). > > > > > > > > > > Maybe there is a name that appears in the Rig Veda for this? > > > > > > > > > > In Maharishi's Gita , I remember he gives the ages of time. > He > > > starts > > > > > with Kaliyuga, and gives the length of years, then goes back > > > through > > > > > Sat Yug, then something else, maybe "a day of Vishnu", > and "a > > > day of > > > > > Brahma", and gives the number of years, and then finally > a "day > > > of > > > > > Mother Divine", for which, if my memory serves me well, he > said > > > the > > > > > amount of years was unknown because it is too vast to be > > counted. > > > > > > > > > > I'd really like to know the most ancient names for Mother > > > Divine. > > > > > Anyone know? > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > > > The Vedic tradition does assign a time value to the life of > the > > > Divine > > > > Mother, "a single one of whose lives encompasses a thousand > life- > > > spans > > > > of Lord Shiva" (MMY's Gita commentary, Ch.4, v.1). It's > something > > > like > > > > 10 to the twentieth power earth years -- MMY terms the number > of > > > lives > > > > of the Divine Mother as "innumerable." > > > > > > > > One name of the Divine Mother is "Mahamaya," it's Maya that > > > enables the > > > > creation to appear to start.>>> > > > > > > > > Thanks. This is very helpful. So are you saying that the Gita > says > > > Mother Divine is 1000 lifetimes of Shiva, but that her number of > > > lifetimes are innumerable? > > > > *************** > > > > MMY's commentary on Ch 4, v. 1 says that, and obviously no limit > > could be placed on the lifetimes, given the infinite potencies of > > Brahman.>> > > Thanks!. This is a big help. Lalithambika may or may not be that oldest name but it is the most elaborate conception. If you aren't aware of Lalithambika Sahasranama rsearch that and you will learn a lot. Ammachi's org puts out a copy with Narayana Menon's commentary that is quite instructive.
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