{"id":18327,"date":"2019-05-01T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=21241"},"modified":"2019-04-29T19:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T00:40:29","slug":"she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/05\/01\/she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-49\/","title":{"rendered":"She Who Is All \u2013 The Goddess of Ten Thousand Names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lalita, the Red Goddess<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Image Credit: The Divine Feminine Oracle Deck by Meggan Watterson)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nLalita\nTripura Sundari, also known as Lalita, is an Hindu Goddess, connected\nto playfulness and desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nLalita\nis “She Who Plays”. Her name in Sanskrit is comprised of\nLila, meaning “divine play”, Tripura, meaning three worlds,\nand Sundari, meaning beautiful; hence, Tripura Sundari is “She\nwho is beautiful in three worlds”. She is known for Her\nspontaneity and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lalita is part of a group of ten Goddesses called the Mahavidyas, or Great Wisdom. She is seen to be an aspect of manifestation of Parvati, as well as “Adi Parashakti”, a Goddess considered a Supreme Being in the Shaktism sect of Hinduism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Image Credit: Wikipedia)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nLalita\nis sometimes seen sitting upon a lotus of 16 petals and is known as\nthe Fulfiller of all Desires. Her devotional text, the Lalita\nSahasranamam, is a list of her 1,000 names that fulfills the desires\nof those reciting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nholds a\ngolden bow, which represents the wind and five golden arrows to\nrepresent the five senses. Her forehead is sometimes shown with a\ncrescent moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her yantra (mystical diagram\/sacred geometry) is a red flower, symbolizing Her as the Red Goddess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Image Credit: <\/em>yes2spirituality.wordpress.com<\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Meggan Watterson of The Divine Feminine Oracle, Lalita represents the waking, dreaming, deep sleep states of our consciousness. She helps us to find joy in our own consciousness and within the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Image Credit: journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Author:<\/strong>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan\nMorgaine<\/strong> is\na Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer, Teacher,\nHealer, and Yogini. She is a monthly columnist\nwith PaganPages.org<\/a> Her\nwritings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies, \u201cWhatever\nWorks: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d and \u201cJesus, Mohammed\nand the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications \u201cShe Rises,\nVolume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also\nbeen published in Jareeda<\/a> and SageWoman<\/a> magazines. She\nis a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through She\nis the author of \u201cMy\nName is Isis<\/a>\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d\nchildren\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications. A\nWoman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long\nbeen involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes\nand workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She\nis entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation,\nbeing a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research\nInstitute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the\nSisterhood of Avalon. She can be found\nat https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/ <\/a>and\nher email is MysticalShores@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My\nName is Isis on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lalita, the Red Goddess (Image Credit: The Divine Feminine Oracle Deck by Meggan Watterson) Lalita Tripura Sundari, also known as Lalita, is an Hindu Goddess, connected to playfulness and desire. Lalita is “She Who Plays”. Her name in Sanskrit is comprised of Lila, meaning “divine play”, Tripura, meaning three worlds, and Sundari, meaning beautiful; hence, Tripura Sundari is “She who is beautiful in three worlds”. She is known for Her spontaneity and joy. Lalita is part of a group of ten Goddesses called the Mahavidyas, or Great Wisdom. She is seen to be an aspect of manifestation of Parvati, as well as “Adi Parashakti”, a Goddess considered a Supreme Being in the Shaktism sect of Hinduism. (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Lalita is sometimes seen sitting upon a lotus of 16 petals and is known as the Fulfiller of all Desires. Her devotional text, the Lalita Sahasranamam, is a list of her 1,000 names that fulfills the desires of those reciting it. She holds a golden bow, which represents the wind and five golden arrows to represent the five senses. Her forehead is sometimes shown with a crescent moon. Her yantra (mystical diagram\/sacred geometry) is a red flower, symbolizing Her as the Red Goddess. (Image Credit: yes2spirituality.wordpress.com) According to Meggan Watterson of The Divine Feminine Oracle, Lalita represents the waking, dreaming, deep sleep states of our consciousness. She helps us to find joy in our own consciousness and within the world. (Image Credit: journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com) *** About the Author: Susan Morgaine is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer, Teacher, Healer, and Yogini. She is a monthly columnist with PaganPages.org Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies, \u201cWhatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d and \u201cJesus, Mohammed and the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications \u201cShe Rises, Volume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also been published in Jareeda and SageWoman magazines. She is a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through She is the author of \u201cMy Name is Isis\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d children\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications. A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/ and her email is MysticalShores@gmail.com My Name is Isis on Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}