The beginning of the Sahasranama describes Lalita in her female form, Kameshvari, along with her consort, Kameshvara. The Lalita Sahasranama goes into great detail describing the physical aspect of the goddess. The names then go on to extoll Devi in all her achievements, powers, and forms. The Lalita Sahasranama is organized in such a way that Devi is described from "Head to Toe" ( Kesadi Padam). No known information is available on the origins of the third verse beginning with " dhyayet padmasanastham." In all the dhyana verses there is a recurring theme on Devi's red complexion, which is said to resemble the sun at dawn, and her compassionate nature. The fourth, beginning with " sakumkuma-vilepanam", was probably composed by Adi Sankaracharya. The second verse beginning with " arunam karuna-tarangatakshim" is said to have been composed by Dattatreya. The first verse starts with " sinduraruna-vigraham" and is most likely the verse composed by the eight Vaag Devis. The Dhyana is said before chanting the thousand names. It describes the yogi (the person reciting the Sahasranama) as meditating upon the form of Lalita and describes many of the qualities of the goddess. The start of the Lalita Sahasranama is characterized by the Dhyana, which are descriptive verses for visualization. An alternative origin is that the Upanishad Bramham Mutt at Kanchipuram is where this initiation happened. The temple at Thirumeyachur, near Kumbakonam, is said to be where Agastya was initiated into this sahasranama. At the request of Agastya, Hayagriva is said to have taught him the thousand holiest names of Lalita. Agastya is one of the sages of yore and one of the stars of the constellation Saptarishi. Hayagriva is an incarnation of Vishnu with the head of a horse and is held to be the storehouse of knowledge. The sahasranama says that " One can worship Lalita only if she wishes us to do so." This stotra occurs in the Brahmanda Purana (history of the universe) in the chapter of discussion between Hayagriva and Sage Agastya in Kanchipuram.
The Lalita Sahasranama is said to have been composed by the eight vaag devis ( Vasini, Kameshvari, Aruna, Vimala, Jayani, Modini, Sarveshvari, and Kaulini) upon the command of the goddess Lalita herself. In its root form, the word Lalita means "spontaneous" from which the meaning "easy" is derived and implicitly extends to "play". The Lalita Sahasranama does not use any such auxiliary conjunctions and is unique in being an enumeration of holy names that meets the metrical, poetical and mystic requirements of a sahasranama by their order throughout the text.Įtymologically, Lalita means "She Who Plays". Generally, sahasranamas use the artifice of adding words like tu, api, ca, and hi, which are conjunctions that do not necessarily add to the meaning of the name except in cases of interpretation. The Lalita Saharanama is one of the only sahasranamas that has exactly 1000 names without repetition, an aspect which cannot be seen in other Sahasranamas of gods like Vishnu, Shiva (where the total names are either less or more than 1000). Therefore, the Sahasranama can be chanted in stotra form, or namavali form. The names are organized as hymns, or stotras, but are often broken into mantras to represent all 1000 names. This sahasranama is used in various modes of worship of the Divine Mother such as parayana (recitations), archana, and homa.Ī different but less popular version of the Lalita Sahasranama can also be found in the purva bhaga of the Narada Purana. Lalita Sahasranama (IAST: lalitāsahasranāma Sanskrit: ललिता सहस्रनाम) is a sacred Hindu text from the Brahmanda Purana which lists the thousand names of the Hindu mother goddess Lalita Devi, a manifestation of the Divine Mother ( Shakti), and is therefore recited in the worship of Devi according to Srikula Sampradayas.Ī principal text of Shakti worshipers, it describes the goddess' various attributes in the form of names organized in a hymn. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) JSTOR ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Lalita Sahasranama" – news
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