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
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asya śrīlalitāsahasranāmastotramahāmantrasya
vaśinyādivāgdevatā ṛṣayaḥ
anuṣṭup chandaḥ
śrīlalitāparameśvarī devatā
śrīmadvāgbhavakūṭeti bījaṃ
madhyakūṭeti śaktiḥ
śaktikūṭeti kīlakaṃ
mūlaprakṛtiriti dhyānammū
lamantreṇāṅganyāsaṃ karanyāsaṃ ca kuryāt
mama śrīlalitāmahātripurasundarī prasādasiddhidvārā
cintitaphalāvāptyarthe jape viniyogaḥ
ध्यानम्
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sindūrāruṇavigrahāṃ triṇayanāṃ māṇikyamaulisphura-
-ttārānāyakaśekharāṃ smitamukhīmāpīnavakṣoruhām
pāṇibhyāmalipūrṇaratnacaṣakaṃ raktotpalaṃ bibhratīṃ
saumyāṃ ratnaghaṭastharaktacaraṇāṃ dhyāyetparāmambikām
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aruṇāṃ karuṇātaraṅgitākṣīṃ
dhṛtapāśāṅkuśapuṣpabāṇacāpām
aṇimādibhirāvṛtāṃ mayūkhai-
-rahamityeva vibhāvaye bhavānīm
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dhyāyetpadmāsanasthāṃ vikasitavadanāṃ padmapatrāyatākṣīṃ
hemābhāṃ pītavastrāṃ karakalitalasaddhemapadmāṃ varāṅgīm
sarvālaṅkārayuktāṃ satatamabhayadāṃ bhaktanamrāṃ bhavānīṃ
śrīvidyāṃ śāntamūrtiṃ sakalasuranutāṃ sarvasampatpradātrīm
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sakuṅkumavilepanāmalikacumbikastūrikāṃ
samandahasitekṣaṇāṃ saśaracāpapāśāṅkuśām
aśeṣajanamohinīmaruṇamālyabhūṣāmbarāṃ
japākusumabhāsurāṃ japavidhau smaredambikām
Phalashruti
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iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe śrīhayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde śrīlalitā rahasyanāmasāhasra stotrakathanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
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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.
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