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Learn Grammar 13.3
Degrees of comparisonDegrees of comparison refer to adjectives being written indifferent forms to compare one, two or more nouns which are wordsdescribing persons, places and things.The three different forms of comparison are• Positive degree.• Comparative degree.• Superlative degree.Positive degreeWhen we speak about only one person or thing, we use thePositive degree.Examples:This house is big.Comparative degreeWhen we compare two persons or two things with each other,Examples:This house is bigger than that one. (Comparative degree)Superlative degreeWhen we compare more than two persons or things with oneanother,Examples:This is the biggest house in this street. (Superlative)TenseA tense is a form taken by a verb to show the time of anaction.There are three main tenses:Present tense:Things that are true when the words are spoken or written; or aregenerally true; or for some languages will be true in thefuturePast tense:Things that were true before the words were spoken orwrittenFuture tense:Things that will or might be true after the words are spoken orwrittenHomophonesTwo or more words (such as knew and new or meat and meet) thatare pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and oftenspelling.SynonymA word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same asanother word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is asynonym of close.AntonymA word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good).Phrasal verbA phrasal verb consists of a verb and a preposition or adverbthat modifies or changes the meaning; 'give up' is a phrasal verbthat means 'stop doing' something, which is very different from'give'.
LalithaTriShati & Sahasranamam 1.5
Lalitha Trishati:Lalitha is the name of the goddess and means, She who canbeeasily attained or She who is simplicity personified. AdiShankarahas written a bhashyam. He also has contributed toShakteyaliterature by writing a book called Soundarya Lahari.In the Lalithopakyanam chapter, Hayagreeva teaches Agasthyathefamous Lalitha Sahasranamam. But Agasthya does not getsatisfiedbecause he feels that his teacher has not taught him oneanotherimportant Stotra.Hayagreeva hesitates because that one stotra is extremelysecret.Then Lalitha herself appears before Hayagreeva and asks himto teachAgasthya, the most secret of the stotras called LalthaTrishati. Shealso tells him that this is the Sarva Poorthikarastotra meaning“that stotra which completes everything.” ThenHayagreeva thanks hisdisciple for giving him an opportunity ofseeing the Goddess Lalithaherself and teaches him The LalithaTrishathi stotra.This stotra recounts the 300 names of the goddess.Lalitha Sahasra Namam:This stotra (hymn which praises) occurs in Brahmanda purana(Oldepic of the universe) in the Chapter on discussionbetweenHayagreeva and Agasthya. Hayagreeva is an incarnation ofVishnuwith the horse head and is believed to be the storehouseofknowledge. Agasthya is one of the great sages of yore who is oneofthe stars of the constellation great bear. At hisrequestHayagreeva taught him the most holy 1000 names of Lalitha.
