The Goddess of a Thousand Names: Udayatbhanu Sahasrabha, Shri Mata, Mahadevi, Lakshmi, and Many More!

[sagadahoctrott]

• Mulaprakrti
• Mahadevi
• Durga
• Mahamaya
• Bhuvaneshvari
• Parvati
• Tripura Sundari
• Shri Lalita
• Shri Mata (the great mother, note Rome's Magna Mater)
• Shri Maharajni (the great queen)
• Shrimat Simhasaneshwari (the queen sitting on the lion-thron)
• Udayatbhanu Sahasrabha (the one who is as bright as the rays of thousand rising suns, note the Nahuatl Tlecuauhtlacupeuh)
• etc.

Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

As mentioned in a recent post the symbolic representation of The Mother of the Gods is usually something like:

...surrounded by a light, brighter than the sun, beams or rays clear as glass (Star of Ishtar?), a crown of towers or barbs above which hover stars, a robe of white or pink, with a blue sash, some kind of creatures or beings which are not quite alive more like machines or devices (pictured as lions or the faces of cherubim), in her hands she either holds a tambourine or prayer beads (Rosary), or has hands in prayer. In most cases she is seen descending from the sky or is hovering above in the air or off the ground.

Searching for such symbols in other cultures one must eventually encounter Mahadevi, a goddess of a thousand names, quite literally. Different aspects of avatars are present, for instance Durga.

To the above list must be added the all important symbol of a drop of water (or a drop of seawater to emphasize the name of Miryam) and elephants, both pointing to the importance of the H₂O molecule to DNA life.

It is much easier to see the similarities by looking at paintings and illustrations or other artwork.

Comments

[sagadahoctrott]

A recording of someone chanting the Lalitha Sahasranamam on YouTube really puts things into perspective.

[solar-anamnesis]

Another clue lies in what Bartlett says:

It is the Sacti of the goddess Maha Deva, called Sacti because it is sacred and is offered up as a sacrifice, closely related to sacrum and the caudal appendage. The three links are the symbol of the hermaphrodite godhead. The link is the female emblem and three is the sign of the male. The Eye within the tent or triangle or compasses...

Dianus, or the sun, or god, had twelve wives, capturing a new one whenever he entered a new sign of the zodiac. It was Rhea in the sign of the Twins, and Hathor in the sign of Taurus, and Mary in the sign of Pisces. One of his wives was Diana of the Ephesians, the object of a foul worship in Asia Minor. She wears upon her head the crescent moon, and she is Mary, the Queen of Heaven. She bears six lions in her arms, because she is the mother of all the gods. Six christs have been born since she ruled the heavens in the sign of Virgo. The christ who came in the sign immediately following Virgo was Leo. It is one and the same god, the sun, that comes in every sign, consequently they are all lions.

From, King Solomon's Goat, Chapter 2: The Queen of Heaven.

[solar-anamnesis]

From the Yoruba and Hindi we have these strangely similar words: Yemanjá and Yemaya.

It seems quite interesting that Miryam or Miriyam could be "Mara-Yam," and that reversing this gives "Yam-Mara."

[sagadahoctrott]

Water holds the key, and perhaps by studying the dynamics of a drop of water upon a still surface one will understand how to surpass the speed of light, to tunnel through space-time.

[sagadahoctrott]

One of my favorite statues that seems related: