योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-84, verse-13
गौरी गौराङ्गदेहत्वाद्भवदेहानुषङ्गिणी ।
सुप्तानामथ बुद्धानाममात्रोच्चारणाद्धृदि ॥ १३ ॥
सुप्तानामथ बुद्धानाममात्रोच्चारणाद्धृदि ॥ १३ ॥
gaurī gaurāṅgadehatvādbhavadehānuṣaṅgiṇī ,
suptānāmatha buddhānāmamātroccāraṇāddhṛdi 13
suptānāmatha buddhānāmamātroccāraṇāddhṛdi 13
13.
She bears the appelation of gauri from her gaura or fair complexion, and of Bhavani from her being the source of all beings, as also from her association with the body of Bhava—or Siva. She is also termed the letter [Sanskrit: a] (a) to signify her being the vital breath of all waking and sleeping bodies.