Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 798: Shri Kavya kala (ōṃ kāvyakalalyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is in the art of creative writing (Prose, Poetry and Drama).

In any language creative poetry shows the riches of the language is at the top of any joyful moment. Poetry works in each language are giving greatness to that language. Great stories, dramas and poetic works show us the richness of creativity in that language. Especially, poetic work can be three types, namely, written, musical, and dance forms. A well written poetic work will clearly convey its message to the reader. When Raga and Tala are added, it becomes a good musical to captivate the minds. Such things happen with the Divine Mother blessings. Shiva is eternally dancing, and many poetic compositions praise Shiva’s dance. It is all due to the Divine Mother’s grace that poets can create great poetic work. So, the Divine mother is called Kavya Kala.

Great poets like Adi Sankara and Kalidasa got their skills through the Divine Mother’s grace. More recently sages like Abirami Bhattar and Muthuswami Deekshitar were also blessed by the Divine Mother to create great devotional poetry. She is the Shakti for kavya creations.

Kavya also may mean the sage Surakarta who had gotten the Divine Mother’s grace to bring the dead back to life. She is in mantra form of poetic art, kala of the mantra- Sanjivani-vidya, the power to bring back to life or the power to conquer death. The Divine Mother is then the embodiment of that power, meditated on and practiced by Surakarta.

            The Divine Mother is in poetic Kala form.        

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 02 April 2022; updated 21 June 2025.

 

References:

1.   The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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