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Re: ARTICLE : Chandi Maa
N. Tiwari wrote:
> Swami Satyananda (shreemaa@napanet.net) wrote:
>
> : In the Sanskrit language Durgam means Confusion,
> **********************
> : and Durga takes away confusion.
> *************
>
> Doesn't "durga" imply fort in Samskrit. That makes
> DurgA someone with a lot of strength, since the
> allusion is to "fort" which is actually a symbol of
> power and strength.
>
> And since you cannot get inside a "durga" easily,
> so "durgam" implies a sense of "difficultiness".
> So some forests are "durgam" since it is not easy
> to access them.
>
> If I am correct, then Swami_ji's observations are
> not all that accurate.
Actually the vedic meaning of durgaa is difficulty. In the durgaa suuktam
(found in the mahanaaraayaNa upanishhad.h) agni is entreated to help the
reciter to get over "durgaaNi". Difficulty makes more sense than fort here:-).
Actually sayana (13th century?) interprets it as "difficulty". The word durgaa
to mean fort may be in the non-vedic literature (due to the difficulty of
penetrating a fort, perhaps).
Ramakrishnan.
--
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, "The flag is moving." The other
said, "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He
told them, "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." - The Gateless Gate
http://yake.ecn.purdue.edu/~rbalasub/
