>From: ramut@...
>To: ambaa-l@eGroups.com
>Subject: [ambaa-l] Re: saundaryalaharI - 1
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:38:01 -0700
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>Is there a similarity between Soundarya Lahiri -- verse 1 and Kalidasa's
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>Vaagartha Viva Samplukthou...
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>I have always thought that the invocation sloka in both of these works
>had simiality in talking about the oneness of Siva and Shakti.

>comments would be welcome.

There is a certain degree of similarity that exist in both these
verses. But soundarya lahari goes one step further to establish the
shakthi parathva by saying ‘na ced evam devo na khalu kushalah
spanditam api’.
Kalidasa’s shloka is more like the first verse of shivaananda lahari.

kalaabhyaaM chuuDaalaN^kR^itashashikalaabhyaaM
nijatapaH phalaabhyaaM bhakteShu prakaTitaphalaabhyaaM
bhavatu me shivaabhyaam astokatribhuvana shivaabhyaaM
hR^idi punarbhavaabhyaam aananda sphuradanubhavaabhyaaM natiriyam

Shivaananda lahari, a work exclusively on parameshwara also commences by
saluting both shiva & shivaa.

One point can be noted here. Soundarya Lahari starts with the
‘shiva’ shabda and Shivananda Lahari starts with the ‘ka’ beeja, the
first letter of panchadashakshari (shakthi mantra).

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