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'''Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi''', also known by her followers as "Amma", "Ammachi" or "Mother" ([[September 27]], [[1953]] - ),  is an [[India]]n spiritual leader and is considered by many to be a [[ascetic|holy person]] or [[saint]]. She is a widely respected [[humanitarian]] and called by some "the hugging saint" [http://www.latimes.com/broadband/wif/la-0624weekinphotos-pg,0,5009716.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-wif&index=8].
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'''Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi''', also known by her followers as "Amma", "Ammachi" or "Mother" ([[September 27]], 1953 - ),  is an [[India]]n spiritual leader and is considered by many to be a [[ascetic|holy person]] or [[saint]]. She is a widely respected [[humanitarian]] and called by some "the hugging saint".<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/broadband/wif/la-0624weekinphotos-pg,0,5009716.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-wif&index=8 LA Times]</ref>


''[[Amrita]]'' means "eternal" and ''Ananda'' means "[[happiness]]" in [[Sanskrit]]; therefore her name literally means "the mother who is eternally happy".
''[[Amrita]]'' means "eternal" and ''Ananda'' means "[[happiness]]" in [[Sanskrit]]; therefore her name literally means "the mother who is eternally happy".


==References==
==References==
#[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3136524.stm BBC-News article about Amritanandamayi]
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#[http://www.amritapuri.org/disaster/hurricane.php Hurricane relief]
#[http://www.amritapuri.org/tsunami/tsunami.php Tsunami relief]
#[http://www.amritapuri.org/social/social.php Social Service]
#''Amma: Healing the Heart of the World'' by [[Judith Cornell]], (William Morrow & Company, ISBN 0-688-17079-X)
#''Messages from Amma: In the Language of the Heart by [[Janine Canan]] (Ten Speed Press, ISBN 1-58761-214-3)
# ''Department of Health issues measles warning'': [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/press/view_press.cfm?id=575 CDNA] 
#''Getting to Joy: A Western Householder's Spiritual Journey with Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi) by [[Karuna Poole]] (Shantini Center, ISBN 0-9643629-2-9)
http://amritapuri.amrita.edu[[User:Nachiketa|Nachiketa]] 13:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 
==External links==
*[http://www.amritapuri.org/ Amritapuri.org] (official mission site - India)
*[http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2006/12/mata-amritanada-mayi-keralas-own-saint.html Life of Mata Amritananda Mayi]
*[http://www.amma.org/ Amma.org] (official mission site - USA)
 
 
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Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi, also known by her followers as "Amma", "Ammachi" or "Mother" (September 27, 1953 - ), is an Indian spiritual leader and is considered by many to be a holy person or saint. She is a widely respected humanitarian and called by some "the hugging saint".[1]

Amrita means "eternal" and Ananda means "happiness" in Sanskrit; therefore her name literally means "the mother who is eternally happy".

References

  1. ↑ LA Times
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