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
अस्य श्रीललितासहस्रनामस्तोत्रमहामन्त्रस्य वशिन्यादिवाग्देवता ऋषयः, अनुष्टुप् छन्दः, श्रीललितापरमेश्वरी देवता, श्रीमद्वाग्भवकूटेति बीजं, मध्यकूटेति शक्तिः, शक्तिकूटेति कीलकं, मूलप्रकृतिरिति ध्यानम्, मूलमन्त्रेणाङ्गन्यासं करन्यासं च कुर्यात्
मम श्रीललितामहात्रिपुरसुन्दरी प्रसादसिद्धिद्वारा चिन्तितफलावाप्त्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः
ध्यानम्
2
-त्तारानायकशेखरां स्मितमुखीमापीनवक्षोरुहाम्
पाणिभ्यामलिपूर्णरत्नचषकं रक्तोत्पलं बिभ्रतीं
सौम्यां रत्नघटस्थरक्तचरणां ध्यायेत्परामम्बिकाम्
3
अरुणां करुणातरङ्गिताक्षीं
धृतपाशाङ्कुशपुष्पबाणचापाम्
अणिमादिभिरावृतां मयूखै-
-रहमित्येव विभावये भवानीम्
4
ध्यायेत्पद्मासनस्थां विकसितवदनां पद्मपत्रायताक्षीं
हेमाभां पीतवस्त्रां करकलितलसद्धेमपद्मां वराङ्गीम्
सर्वालङ्कारयुक्तां सततमभयदां भक्तनम्रां भवानीं
श्रीविद्यां शान्तमूर्तिं सकलसुरनुतां सर्वसम्पत्प्रदात्रीम्
5
सकुङ्कुमविलेपनामलिकचुम्बिकस्तूरिकां
समन्दहसितेक्षणां सशरचापपाशाङ्कुशाम्
अशेषजनमोहिनीमरुणमाल्यभूषाम्बरां
जपाकुसुमभासुरां जपविधौ स्मरेदम्बिकाम्
Phalashruti
190
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डपुराणे उत्तरखण्डे श्रीहयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे श्रीललिता रहस्यनामसाहस्र स्तोत्रकथनं नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः
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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 Sanskrit (Devanagari script) on this page.
In its original Sanskrit
This is the Lalitha Sahasranama in its original Sanskrit, the thousand names of the Goddess as they appear in the Brahmanda Purana, where they describe Lalitha, the supreme Mother, from the crown of her head to her feet, no name repeated. They are the heart of Sri Vidya, the tradition of devotion to the Goddess, and for centuries they have been chanted on Fridays and through the nine nights of Navaratri, at Kanchipuram, Madurai and Kollur, and in Devi homes across the land. The tradition holds that reciting the names with love brings courage, wellbeing and the Mother's protection. Read here in Devanagari, the script carries the sounds as they have always been chanted.