![]() ![]() Daksha insulted her husband and she jumped into the fire and ended her life. However Sati went to attend that function in spite of Shiva’s protest. Daksha and Shiva did not get along and consequently Daksha did not invite Shiva for one of the great fire sacrifices that he conducted. Lord Shiva married Sati, the daughter of Daksha. Shiva is one of the trinity of Hindu pantheons, in charge of moksha (layam). All the other Sahasranamam are said to have been composed by Vyasa Maharishi. Lalitha Sahasranamam is the only Sahasranamam composed by vagdevatas under Lalitha’s direction. This has been conveyed to us by the sage Vyasa Maharishi. ![]() At the request of Agasthya, Hayagriva is said to have taught him the thousand holiest names of Lalitha. Agasthya is one of the sages of yore and one of the stars of the constellation Saptarishi (Ursa Major). Hayagriva is an incarnation of Vishnu with the head of a horse who is held to be the storehouse of knowledge. Heartful pranaams and thanks to Sri Kumar Ramanathan for motivating me with the materials necessary for this album.Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam Stotra (hymn of praise) occurs in the Brahmanda Purana (history of the universe) in the chapter on discussion between Hayagriva and Agasthya. Smt Umamaheswari has narrated this complete album with this book as a base. Sri S.V.Radhakrishna Sastri has written a book in Tamil containing this commentary. To help this, Sri Bhaskararaya (1690 - 1785) has written the commentary for this sacred stotram. Due to the language constraints which we have in this generation, we have totally lost track of the meaning of these sacred chantings. Lalitha Sahasranamam is a very powerful chanting of Devi Sri Lalitha Tripurasundari, describing all the Goddesses and avatars of Sri Adi Parasakthi, the supreme origin. In this video, we will listen about the purva bhagam of Lalitha Sahasranamam. ![]() In this series we will look at the meaning of Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam word by word with the stories and secrets hidden in them. This sahasranama is used in various modes for the worship of the Divine Mother like parayana (recitations), archana, and homa. A principal text of Shakti worshipers, it names the goddess's various attributes in the form of names organized in a hymn. It is a sacred text for the Hindu worshippers of the Goddess Lalita Devi, who considered to be a manifestation of the Divine Mother (Shakti), and the text is therefore used in the worship of Durga, Parvati, Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Bhagavati, etc. Lalita Sahasranama (lalitāsahasranāma) (Sanskrit: ललिता सहस्रनाम), is a Hindu text from the Brahmanda Purana.The Lalita Sahasranama is the thousand names of the Hindu mother goddess Lalita. ![]()
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