Sri Lalitha Sahasranama

श्री ललिता सहस्रनाम

Brahmanda Purana Deity: Lalitha Devi Metre: Anushtup 190 verses

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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Stotram

1
asya shreelalitaasahasranaamastotramahaamantrasya vashinyaadivaagdevataa rishayah, anushtup chandah, shreelalitaaparameshvaree devataa, shreemadvaagbhavakooteti beejam, madhyakooteti shaktih, shaktikooteti keelakam, moolaprakritiriti dhyaanam, moolamantrenaanganyaasam karanyaasam ca kuryaat
mama shreelalitaamahaatripurasundaree prasaadasiddhidvaaraa cintitaphalaavaaptyarthe jape viniyogah

ध्यानम्

2
-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

That's the opening and the closing. The full Sri Lalitha Sahasranama continues for 184 more verses in between.

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