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ShAradA is one of the more important names of
Sarasvati. It indicates simultaneously the perfect purity of whiteness and the
cool Grace that combines pleasantness and goodness. Very often ‘sha’ and ‘sa’
get interchanged in tradition. In north India there is the custom of referring
to ShAradA as SAradA. The latter word means, SAra-dA, the One who graces you with the essence (sAram) of Knowledge.
This may be another reason
why the Acharya had an affinity toward the name. The name of the deity he
installed in Sringeri is ShAradAmbAL. In spite of the fact that
he had a liking towards this name, just as he never mentioned either lalitA or
Tripura-sundari in this stotra, he did not also mention ShAradA. Still, by the words ‘Sharad-jyotsnA’ in the beginning of this shloka, he reminds us of ShAradAmbAl.
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