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The text 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 Agasthya in Kanchipuram. [3] Hayagriva is an incarnation of Vishnu with the head of a horse and is held to be the storehouse of knowledge.
The Lalita Sahasranama, which is a Shaktist stotra. [17] This Devi-related work is found in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. [18] The Ganesha Sahasranama, found in the Ganesha Purana. [19] [20] The Hanuman Sahasranama, is a Hanuman stotra told by Valmiki. Its origin is unknown, but it is often attributed to the deity Rama. [21]
The Sahasranama, a type of nama-stotra, is a litany of a thousand names for a particular deity. Sahasranama means "1000 names"; Sahasra means 1000 and nama means names. For example, Vishnu Sahasranama means 1000 names of Vishnu. [6] Other nama-stotras may include 100 or 108 epithets of the deity. According to Hinduism, the names of God are ...
The Srikula (family of Sri) tradition focuses worship on Devi in the form of the goddess Lalita-Tripura Sundari.Rooted in first-millennium. Srikula became a force in South India no later than the seventh century, and is today the prevalent form of Shaktism practised in South Indian regions such as the Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka.
"Soubhāgyabhāskara"is a commentary (bhāsya) on Lalita Sahasranama. [7] [8] This work was completed in 1728 AD. His Khadyota ("Firefly") commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama is considered authoritative by Ganapatya. [9] The important events of Bhāskararāya's life is written by his disciple Jagannath Paṇḍitor Umānandnātha in ...
Tummalapalli Ramalingeswara Rao (7 February 1921 – 16 October 1991) was a Telugu poet, novelist, literary critic, philosophical journalist, writer of English prose and an exponent of Mantra Shastra and tradition.
The Brahmanda Purana is notable for including the Lalita Sahasranamam and Shri Radha stotram (a stotra praising the Goddess Lalita and Radha as the supreme being in the universe), and being one of the early Hindu texts found in Bali, Indonesia, also called the Javanese-Brahmanda.
Tripura Sundari (Shodashi, Lalita) The goddess who is "beauty of the three worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta". She is the ruler of Manidvipa, the eternal supreme abode of the goddess.