Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam-A Brief Overview

By Venkataraman M

The Lalitha Sahasranamam is one of the important and famous hymn in the Hindu way of life. It is a hymn in praise of Lalitha Tripurasundari also called as Lalithambika.

According to the Vedas, God is one without a second. Everything in this Universe is nothing but this divinity. Ordinarily, this abstract doctrine cannot easily be comprehensible to all. Most of the Hindu Puranas therefore present God in various forms including that of a human being so that this idea can be easily assimilated and adored. Lalitha Tripurasundari is one of the finest product of this line of thinking.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam occurs in the Brahmanda Purana. It is a hymn that describes the 1000 various names of Sri Lalitha Tripurasundari as the Divine Mother. While doing so, the hymn provides a beautiful mix of poetry, romance, religion and philosophy.

The Lalitha doctrine explains Goddess Lalitha as Chidswarupini and Anandarupini namely pure consciousness and blissful consciousness respectively. Human beings can remain cheerful in the world, like children playing by the side of their mother. Living exemplary lives, they finally find eternal rest on the lap of the Divine Mother.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: M. VENKATARAMAN
• Release date: Apr 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393490722

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Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam

A Brief Overview

M. Venkataraman

Year of Publication: 2021

Copyright: M. Venkataraman

Published by:

M. Venkataraman,

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Contents

Preface

1. A brief philosophy of Lalitha Sahasranamam

2. The Sri Vidya Worship

3. The Story of Lalitha Tripurasundari

4. The origin of Lalitha Sahasranamam

5. How the Sahasranamam was composed

6. The Dhyana Slokas

7. The Description of the Goddess

8. The Description of Sree Nagara and the annihilation of Bandasura

9. Mantra roopam and Bhakta Anugraham

10. Worship in the form of Nirguna Upasana and Saguna Upasana

11. Panchabrahma Swaroopam

12. Kshetra and Kshetragna rupam and Angadevatas

13. Yogini Nyasam-Meditation on the deities in charge of the seven chakras.

14. Vibuthi Visthara

15. Shiva Shakthy Aiykyam (Union of the Shakthy and Shiva)

16. Phalasruti- The benefits of the Sahasranamam

Preface

The Lalitha Sahasranamam is one of the important and famous hymn in the Hindu way of life. It is a hymn in praise of Lalitha Tripurasundari also called as Lalithambika.

According to the Vedas, God is one without a second. Everything in this Universe is nothing but this divinity. Ordinarily, this abstract doctrine cannot easily be comprehensible to all. Most of the Hindu Puranas therefore present God in various forms including that of a human being so that this idea can be easily assimilated and adored. Lalitha Tripurasundari is one of the finest product of this line of thinking.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam occurs in the Brahmanda Purana. It is a hymn that describes the 1000 various names of Sri Lalitha Tripurasundari as the Divine Mother. While doing so, the hymn provides a beautiful mix of poetry, romance, religion and philosophy. It is presented during the course of instructions imparted to Sage Agasthya by Lord Hayagriva who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

The chanting of this sahasranamam is made the concluding part of the ritualistic worship known as Srividya Upasana. It is the philosophy of the worship of the Divine in the form of the Great Mother. Shiva is a pure being and Shakti is pure will. Each complement the other. Together they are the cosmic whole and whatever transcends it. They are factually one. The Sri chakra is a diagrammatic representation of Shiva and Shakti and its cosmic manifestation. Lalitha Tripurasundari, the central dot in the diagram is a more concrete form of it as a divine being for worship with adorations and concentration.

The Lalitha doctrine explains Goddess Lalitha as Chidswarupini and Anandarupini namely pure consciousness and blissful consciousness respectively. Human beings can remain cheerful in the world, like children playing by the side of their mother. Living exemplary lives, they finally find eternal rest on the lap of the Divine Mother.

The hymn consists of three parts. The first part is the poorva bhaga which tells about the origin of the hymn; the second part is the main sahasranama stotram and the third is the uttara bhaga consisting of the phalasruti which describes the benefit arising out