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→देवीस्तुतिः ॥ Devi Stuti: Editing and adding references
In this stuti,
In this stuti,
* tamah (gloom) is the darkness of ignorance concerning the supreme being who is the Goddess herself.
* Tamah (gloom) is the darkness of ignorance concerning the Supreme being who is the Goddess herself.
* Dhenu (cow) is the Vag dhenu yielding milk which is the fruit of actions (karmaphalātmakaṁ payaḥ). And this cow has been identified with Sarasvati.
* Dhenu (cow) is the Vag dhenu yielding milk which is the fruit of actions (karmaphalātmakaṁ payaḥ). And this cow has been identified with Sarasvati.
* Kalaratri is the night of death or destruction. The term denotes the Goddess who destroys the darkness of dual appearances.<ref name=":2" />
* Kalaratri is the night of death or destruction. The term denotes the Goddess who destroys the darkness of dual appearances.<ref name=":2" />
Interestingly, the quote 'tāmagnivarṇāṁ tapasā ... śaraṇamahaṁ prapadye appears also in Mahanarayanopanishad (Anuvaka 2<ref>[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D Mahanarayanopanishad]</ref>) while the entire stuti with very minor difference appears in the Devi Bhagavata Purana (7.31.44-48<ref>Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skanda 7, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AD/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A9%E0%A5%A7 Adhyaya 31]</ref>).
== Text & Meaning ==
== Text & Meaning ==