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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. 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 does not repeat a single name, and has exactly 1000 names, which cannot be found in other Sahasranamas of gods like Vishnu, Shiva (where the total names are either lesser or more than 1000) Therefore, the Sahasranama can be chanted in stotra form, or namavali form. (This is a selection of names from the Shri Lalita Sahasranam, the Thousand Names of Devi with the meanings.Ĭhanting and meditating on these names is said to ward off all evils.The names are organized as hymns, or stotras, but are often broken into mantras to represent all 1000 names.
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I mediate on the great Empress who is light red in color, whose eyes are full of compassion, who has in Her hands the noose, the goad, the bow and the flowery arrow and who is surrounded on all sides by powers, such as 'anima,' like rays, as if She is the Self within me. I meditate on the Mother whose eyes are smiling a little, who has in Her hands the arrow, the bow, the noose and goad, who bewitches everybody, who is glittering with red garlands and ornaments, who is painted with vermillion, whose forehead is kissed with the mark of musk and who is red and tender like the japa flower. I meditate on Sri Bhavani who is seated in the lotus of expansive countenance, Whose eyes are like lotus petals, who is golden-hued, who wears a yellow raiment, who has in her hand lotus flowers of gold, who always dispels fear, whose devotees bow before her, who is the embodiment of peace, who is Sri Vidya Herself who is praised by the gods, and who gives every wealth that is sought. That She is easily accessible is indicated by Her benign smile Her children have an inexhaustible store of the milk of life in Her full breasts the vessel of honey in one hand and the red lotus in the other symbolize joy and wisdom of which She alone in the source and Her feet placed on the precious pot full of valuable gems indicate that these are not difficult for those who surrender to Her feet and take refuge in Her. She has three eyes Her hue is like that of red sindhura the diadem of precious stones She wears has a crescent on it shining wonderfully.
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Shri vidyam shanta murtim sakala suranutam
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(This is a meditation on Devi chanted at the beginning of Shri Lalita Sahasranam,