(Continued...)
Goddess
KAmeshvarI has herself the name ‘aruNA’. Recall Her dhyAna-shloka:
‘aruNAM karuNA-tarangitAkshhIM’. Here our Acharya is actually invoking the
eight armed Goddess: with bow, arrow, noose and spear (that go with KAmeshvarI) in four of the hands and with varam, abhayam,
aksha-mAlA and book (that go with Sarasvati) in the
other four hands.
This is the aruNa-Sarasvati with eight hands,
talked about by our elders.
(Continued...)
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