Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 327: Shri Kalavati (OM kalAvatyai namaH)

In Namams 275 to365, the Divine Mother’s  many forms providing benefits to Her devotees in great details are discussed.

The Divine Mother is the embodiment of perfection or the store house in all arts in this universe. 

Kala means part of Moon; a crescent Moon, which the Divine Mother wears in Her crown together with Lord Shiva. The sixty-four forms of arts are all part of the Divine Mother’s limb. 

Kala is a mark that makes one to be beautiful and skillful. Kala in various forms is within all universal living creatures. Tortoise is not beautiful; but in self defense, it scores high marks. With the Divine Mother’s help, the humans are practicing the kala to their highest degree. 

Namam 236, “Catuh shasti kalamayi” also describes the Divine Mother as the embodiment of sixty-four fine arts. So the Divine Mother is called the store house of arts or Kalavati. 

 

The Raja-Matangi-Shyamala Devi

in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 17 December 2020.

 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.       The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar