A thousand names of Goddess Lalitha, and not a single one is repeated. The eight Vaagdevis composed it, Hayagriva taught it to Agastya, and it's been at the heart of Sri Vidya practice ever since. What sets it apart from other sahasranamas is the precision. Every name maps to a specific aspect of the goddess, from her beauty to her cosmic power to the way she responds to devotion. People who chant it regularly say something shifts in them. It's long, it demands your attention, and that's exactly the point.
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मन्त्र-विनियोग
1
asya shreelalitaasahasranaamastotramahaamantrasya
vashinyaadivaagdevataa rishayah
anushtup chandah
shreelalitaaparameshvaree devataa
shreemadvaagbhavakooteti beejam
madhyakooteti shaktih
shaktikooteti keelakam
moolaprakritiriti dhyaanammoo
lamantrenaanganyaasam karanyaasam ca kuryaat
mama shreelalitaamahaatripurasundaree prasaadasiddhidvaaraa
cintitaphalaavaaptyarthe jape viniyogah
ध्यानम्
2
sindooraarunavigrahaam trinayanaam maanikyamaulisphura-
-ttaaraanaayakashekharaam smitamukheemaapeenavakshoruhaam
paanibhyaamalipoornaratnacashakam raktotpalam bibhrateem
saumyaam ratnaghatastharaktacaranaam dhyaayetparaamambikaam
3
arunaam karunaatarangitaaksheem
dhritapaashaankushapushpabaanacaapaam
animaadibhiraavritaam mayookhai-
-rahamityeva vibhaavaye bhavaaneem
4
dhyaayetpadmaasanasthaam vikasitavadanaam padmapatraayataaksheem
hemaabhaam peetavastraam karakalitalasaddhemapadmaam varaangeem
sarvaalankaarayuktaam satatamabhayadaam bhaktanamraam bhavaaneem
shreevidyaam shaantamoortim sakalasuranutaam sarvasampatpradaatreem
5
sakunkumavilepanaamalikacumbikastoorikaam
samandahasitekshanaam sasharacaapapaashaankushaam
asheshajanamohineemarunamaalyabhooshaambaraam
japaakusumabhaasuraam japavidhau smaredambikaam
Phalashruti
190
iti shreebrahmaandapuraane uttarakhande shreehayagreevaagastyasamvaade shreelalitaa rahasyanaamasaahasra stotrakathanam naama dviteeyo'dhyaayah
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- Who composed Sri Lalitha Sahasranama?
- Sri Lalitha Sahasranama is traditionally attributed to Hayagriva (Brahmanda Purana).
- How many verses are in Sri Lalitha Sahasranama?
- Sri Lalitha Sahasranama has 190 verses, set in the Anushtup metre.
- Which deity is Sri Lalitha Sahasranama addressed to?
- Sri Lalitha Sahasranama is a prayer to Lalitha Devi.
- In which languages can I read Sri Lalitha Sahasranama?
- ChantWise offers Sri Lalitha Sahasranama in English, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati. This page is the English (Simplified) version, written in Simplified Phonetic script.
