About the Lalitha Sahasranama
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
ಅಸ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀಲಲಿತಾಸಹಸ್ರನಾಮಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮಹಾಮನ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ ವಶಿನ್ಯಾದಿವಾಗ್ದೇವತಾ ಋಷಯಃ, ಅನುಷ್ಟುಪ್ ಛನ್ದಃ, ಶ್ರೀಲಲಿತಾಪರಮೇಶ್ವರೀ ದೇವತಾ, ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ವಾಗ್ಭವಕೂಟೇತಿ ಬೀಜಂ, ಮಧ್ಯಕೂಟೇತಿ ಶಕ್ತಿಃ, ಶಕ್ತಿಕೂಟೇತಿ ಕೀಲಕಂ, ಮೂಲಪ್ರಕೃತಿರಿತಿ ಧ್ಯಾನಮ್, ಮೂಲಮನ್ತ್ರೇಣಾಙ್ಗನ್ಯಾಸಂ ಕರನ್ಯಾಸಂ ಚ ಕುರ್ಯಾತ್
ಮಮ ಶ್ರೀಲಲಿತಾಮಹಾತ್ರಿಪುರಸುನ್ದರೀ ಪ್ರಸಾದಸಿದ್ಧಿದ್ವಾರಾ ಚಿನ್ತಿತಫಲಾವಾಪ್ತ್ಯರ್ಥೇ ಜಪೇ ವಿನಿಯೋಗಃ
ध्यानम्
2
-ತ್ತಾರಾನಾಯಕಶೇಖರಾಂ ಸ್ಮಿತಮುಖೀಮಾಪೀನವಕ್ಷೋರುಹಾಮ್
ಪಾಣಿಭ್ಯಾಮಲಿಪೂರ್ಣರತ್ನಚಷಕಂ ರಕ್ತೋತ್ಪಲಂ ಬಿಭ್ರತೀಂ
ಸೌಮ್ಯಾಂ ರತ್ನಘಟಸ್ಥರಕ್ತಚರಣಾಂ ಧ್ಯಾಯೇತ್ಪರಾಮಮ್ಬಿಕಾಮ್
3
ಅರುಣಾಂ ಕರುಣಾತರಙ್ಗಿತಾಕ್ಷೀಂ
ಧೃತಪಾಶಾಙ್ಕುಶಪುಷ್ಪಬಾಣಚಾಪಾಮ್
ಅಣಿಮಾದಿಭಿರಾವೃತಾಂ ಮಯೂಖೈ-
-ರಹಮಿತ್ಯೇವ ವಿಭಾವಯೇ ಭವಾನೀಮ್
4
ಧ್ಯಾಯೇತ್ಪದ್ಮಾಸನಸ್ಥಾಂ ವಿಕಸಿತವದನಾಂ ಪದ್ಮಪತ್ರಾಯತಾಕ್ಷೀಂ
ಹೇಮಾಭಾಂ ಪೀತವಸ್ತ್ರಾಂ ಕರಕಲಿತಲಸದ್ಧೇಮಪದ್ಮಾಂ ವರಾಙ್ಗೀಮ್
ಸರ್ವಾಲಙ್ಕಾರಯುಕ್ತಾಂ ಸತತಮಭಯದಾಂ ಭಕ್ತನಮ್ರಾಂ ಭವಾನೀಂ
ಶ್ರೀವಿದ್ಯಾಂ ಶಾನ್ತಮೂರ್ತಿಂ ಸಕಲಸುರನುತಾಂ ಸರ್ವಸಮ್ಪತ್ಪ್ರದಾತ್ರೀಮ್
5
ಸಕುಙ್ಕುಮವಿಲೇಪನಾಮಲಿಕಚುಮ್ಬಿಕಸ್ತೂರಿಕಾಂ
ಸಮನ್ದಹಸಿತೇಕ್ಷಣಾಂ ಸಶರಚಾಪಪಾಶಾಙ್ಕುಶಾಮ್
ಅಶೇಷಜನಮೋಹಿನೀಮರುಣಮಾಲ್ಯಭೂಷಾಮ್ಬರಾಂ
ಜಪಾಕುಸುಮಭಾಸುರಾಂ ಜಪವಿಧೌ ಸ್ಮರೇದಮ್ಬಿಕಾಮ್
Phalashruti
190
ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣ್ಡಪುರಾಣೇ ಉತ್ತರಖಣ್ಡೇ ಶ್ರೀಹಯಗ್ರೀವಾಗಸ್ತ್ಯಸಂವಾದೇ ಶ್ರೀಲಲಿತಾ ರಹಸ್ಯನಾಮಸಾಹಸ್ರ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಕಥನಂ ನಾಮ ದ್ವಿತೀಯೋಽಧ್ಯಾಯಃ
That's the opening and the closing. The full Sri Lalitha Sahasranama continues for 184 more verses in between.
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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 — including Kannada (Kannada script) on this page.
Around the world, and in Kannada
In Karnataka the thousand names of the Goddess rise at Kollur Mookambika, the beloved shrine on the coast, and at Sringeri, seat of the Sharada Peetham, and in Devi temples and homes across the land. The names come from the Brahmanda Purana, describing Lalitha, the supreme Mother, from crown to feet, and they are the heart of Sri Vidya, the path of devotion to the Goddess. People chant them on Fridays and through Navaratri, for wellbeing, for courage, and for the family's health. This version presents the same thousand names in the Kannada script, so anyone who reads Kannada can chant them with ease.