Mohini means 'erotic magic or spell'.The name has its origin in the word 'moha' which means delusion personified or to enchant,perplex or delude.Therefore moha is the quality of desire after which Mohini has been name.The word 'manava' meaning 'human' is derived from 'mana' mind.It is indicative of man unique station of self awareness.Moha is the abdication of that unique position.Saying it another way,it is turning away from operative consiousness to desiring sense gratification.In Sanskrit,Mohini simply means Enchantress.For the records,she is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu who took on the form of an irresistible beautiful woman to defeat the asuras.
Avatar:Mohini as one of the avatars of Lord Vishnu.Nothing needs to be said that she is the most delightful of all.Technically Mohini is not an avatar.The technical specifications of an avatar requires a descent of Vishnu energy onto the Earthly plane to perform a particular task.Then the avatar merges back to the primal Vishnu and becomes an everywhere "ie" he who pervades.Mohini appeals to us to be a woman who drives reason out of the mind-that is hardly an avatar.
As opposed to be concentrated energy manisfestation of the Divine.Mohini seems to be involved in manifestation that require Vishnu interventions.If Radha is Krishna pleasure potency The first appearance of Mohini is the Samudra Manthan episode from the Mahabaratha-the Churning of the Cosmic Ocean.Demons got hold of the Amrita,Nectar of Immortality obtained in cooperative effort with the gods and they were refusing to share it..
By Sekhar Raj
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