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    Lalita Sahasranama (Sanskrit: ललितासहस्रनाम, romanized: lalitāsahasranāma) is a Hindu religious text from the Brahmanda Purana which lists the thousand...
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  • The Vishnu Sahasranama includes in its list work and jñāna-yājna (offering of knowledge) as two attributes of Vishnu. The Lalita Sahasranama, similarly...
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    Tripura Sundari (redirect from Lalita Devi)
    ruling from above Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Lalita Sahasranama narrates the cosmic battle between Lalita Tripura Sundari and the demon Bhandasura, symbolizing...
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  • (disambiguation) Lolita (disambiguation) Lalita Gauri Mandir, a temple in Varanasi, India Lalita Sahasranama, a Hindu text from the Brahmanda Purana Lalitavistara...
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    Kalpasūtra. A thousand names for this form of Devī are recited in the Lalitā Sahasranāma, which includes Śrī Vidyā concepts. The sect accepts and aims to provide...
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    Mahamaya ('she who is beyond maya'). The Devi Bhagavata Purana and Lalita Sahasranama describe Mahadevi's numerous epithets. These names include her divine...
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    ISBN 978-0-936663-28-9. Joshi, L. M. (1998). Lalita Sahasranama: A Comprehensive Study of the One Thousand Names of Lalita Maha-tripurasundari. New Delhi: D.K...
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  • 'crystallization of the Goddess tradition.'" Other important texts include the Lalita Sahasranama, the Devi Gita, Adi Shankara's Saundaryalahari and the Tantras. Recent...
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  • onto the regions of the universe. Shri Yantra in various forms The Lalita Sahasranama in diagrammatic form, showing how its nine interlocking triangles...
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    Shakta Upanishads Devi Sita Tripura Devi Bhagavatam Devi Mahatmyam Lalita Sahasranama Tripura Rahasya Kalika Purana other texts Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal...
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  • Sanskrit. In Hindu scriptures, Shiva is the master of Kalā. In the Lalita Sahasranama, the devi is invoked as an embodiment of the 64 fine arts. In some...
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    all goddesses as different manifestations of her. The Lalita Sahasranama (Thousand names of Lalita (Parvati) states that Mahadevi is known by different...
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    pleasure). Shaktas also consider Lalita, who is praised with 1,000 names in the Lalita Sahasranama, as Lakshmi. Lakshmi Sahasranama of Skanda Purana praises Lakshmi...
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    to the 4th century BCE, referred to as the mangalya sutra in the Lalita Sahasranama, and the Purananuru, a Sangam text, mentions a sacred marriage tail...
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    Ishwari (goddess). In Lalitha Sahasranama the 707th name of the Goddess is mentioned as "Guhyarupini" (Lalita Sahasranama 137th verse: Sarasvati shastramayi...
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    commentary (bhāsya) on Lalita Sahasranama. This work was completed in 1728 AD. His Khadyota ("Firefly") commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama is considered authoritative...
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    goddess of ripened corn/harvest and fertility. The divine hymns such as Lalita Sahasranama, Mahalakshmi Ashtakam that gives many epithets to the goddess based...
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    Her left foot rests on the laying down Shiva. Tripura Sundari (Shodashi, Lalita) The goddess who is "beauty of the three worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula...
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  • Dhriti in the Lakshmi Sahasranama to describe her quality of courage and light. The name Dhriti also appears in the Lalita Sahasranama. Dhrti is the name...
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    consider her to be Lakshmi, Shaivas consider her to be Parvati, Durga, Lalita and Kali, while Shaktas consider her to be Durga, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari...
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    Matangi is venerated as Shyamala or Mantrini, the Prime minister of Goddess Lalita in Srikula tradition. Kinsley (1997), p. 217. Kinsley (1997), p. 209. Kinsley...
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    govern the pa varga of consonants, namely pa, pha, ba, bha, ma. The Lalita Sahasranama, a collection of 1,000 names of the Divine Mother, calls Varahi the...
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    century CE). Though Meenakshi does not directly appear in the stotram Lalita Sahasranama, there is a reference to her in the line Vaktralakṣmī parīvāha calan...
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  • She is seated upon a red lotus. The name Lakini also appears in Lalita Sahasranama, name 503 as Lakinyambha swaroopini (She who is famous in the name...
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    which are contrary to Chhinnamasta's fierce nature and appearance. Her sahasranama (thousand name-hymn) echoes paradoxes; she is Prachanda Chandika ("the...
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    from Bhagavata ISBN 81-7120-224-1 Sri Vishnu Sahasranama as per Shankara's commentary Sri Lalita Sahasranama: The Text, Transliteration and English Translation...
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    Shakta Upanishads Devi Sita Tripura Devi Bhagavatam Devi Mahatmyam Lalita Sahasranama Tripura Rahasya Kalika Purana other texts Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal...
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  • Rupenaguntla, Satya Narayana Sarma (2018-05-29). Hidden meanings of Lalita Sahasranama. Panchawati Spiritual Foundation. p. 60. Greenberg, Yudit Kornberg;...
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