Saturday, February 29, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 37: Shri Arunaruna Kausumbha Vasta Bhasuat Katitati (OM aruNAruNakausumbhavastrabhAsvatkaTItaTyai namaH)


The Divine Mother has broad hips covered by a silky garment. This garment is red in colour similar to the raising morning Sun. The Safflower (Kausumbha) red blossoms extract is used to dye the Divine Mother’s garment.

Kausumbha (Safflower) extract is commonly used to dye the clothes.

Kausumbha Vasta: The cloth which is dyed with extract from Kausumbha or Safflower.

Two types of garments are best liked by the Divine mother:

1.     Raktamsukadha:  A blood red (deep red) garment.
2.     Pitavastra: Yellow coluored garment.

Aruna is reddish brown or the charioteer for Sun God. It is used here to mean that Aruna the Sun charioteer brings the reddishness to the world before the Sun raises.
Arunaruna is used two times to express the deep reddishness.

Safflower can be defined as an orange flowered thistle or like Eurasian plant with seeds that yield edible oil and petals which are used to produce a red or yellow dye.


C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 01 March 2020.

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