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Re: ARTICLE : Chandi Maa
Yes,
Durgam means fort.
(in Sanskrit and someother derivatives of Sanskrit)
Durah means tough or hard
Durgam means which is assocaited with toughness .
So Fort usaually used to be very tough.
and hence Durgam.
I think Durga has nothing to Do with Durgam.
-- Prasad .
N. Tiwari (ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu) 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.
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