Lalitha Sahasranamam 10 Flashcards
- Vamakeswari
Vaminchuta = to create
Vamakulu = prajapathulu - daksha etc, 14 prjapathis who assist pancha mukha brahma in administrating the universe.
Amma is the eswari to brahma and prajapathis.
- Panchayagna priya
She is fond of 5 yagnas
Deva yagnam, Pithru yagnam, Rushi yagnam, Manushya yagnam, and Butha yagnam.
- Panchprethamanchadhisayini
Universe is made of 5 tatvas. she is the energy for all the tatvas.
She sits on a seat with Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Eswara ( 4 legs) and Sadasiva ( center).
Panchami is the wife of Sadasiva.
Varahidevi is also known as panchami ( 5th power) in mathrukas.
5 stages in mans life - childhood, youth, adult, old and moksham.
Panchagavyas are used during the construction of temples
panchgangas - Kaveri, Tungabadra, Gouthami ( godavari) , Krishna and Bagirathi (Ganga)
5 steps for liberation - Salokya, Sarupa, Samipa, Sayudhay and moksham
5 states - Jagrath, swapna, sushupthi, thuriya and thuriyatheetha.
5 letter mantram is panchakshari
atmarupini = panchamidevi
- Panchabhuthesi
She is the Eswari for 5 bhuthas - Earth, water, fire, air and sky.
she wears vyjayanthimala.
- Panch + sankhya + upacharini
She has 5 tatvas and should be worshipped with panch upacharas.
Hands represent God with fingers representing 5 tatvas.
Surrender at her feet elements from gross to subtle. Mind is the 6th tatvam.
- Sasvathi
She is eternal.
952.Sasvataiswarya
She is wealth. Moksham is her wealth she gives to her devotees.
- Sarmada
She gives happiness
- Sambhumohini
She entices and controls Siva
- Dharadharasutha
She is Sita devi, daughter of mother earth.
She is the daughter of king of mountains (parvatharaju)
- Dhanya
She bestows wealth, happiness etc that her devotees need.
- According to vedanta there are 4 types of thoughts during death time.
- Artha chinthana :Rajasic and tamasic people think of wealth, relations etc and will be reborn as Triyak (spine horizontal) animals or birds.
- Roudra chinthana: thoughts of fear, sadness etc also will be reborn as animals or birds
- Dhanya gathi: thinking of their diety they will go to the dieties world.
- Sukla chinthana: jeevanmukthi state.
- Dharmini
She is the combined form of all dharmas.
with compassion towards her devotees she helps them to lead a righteous life.
- Dharmavardhini
She not only established dharighteousness but also expands it.
- Lokatheetha
She transcends all the worlds. Universe has modifications her energy has no modifications.
Mahatripura sundari.
- Gunatheetha
She transcends 3 gunas satva, rajas and tamas
- Sarvatheetha
She transcends all the 3 states - awake, sleep, dream and also Thuriya. That state is also known as santham, samathmika or lalitha.
- Samathmika
She is peace. liberated state free from gross, sublte and causal bodies.
Saguna nirguna tatvam.
- Bandhuka kusuma prakhya
Red color flower. Bala tripura sundari.
She shines with different colors based on her actions.
- Bala leela vinodhini
Sadhana beginning stage she is Bala, young playful girl.
2. Bala = wise person.
jeevanmukthas enjoy the play of this universe (leela)
3. Bala = strength. one who creates and sustains the universe.
- Sumangali
She is the embodiment of auspiciousness. She removes all inauspicious thoughts.
- Sukhakari
She gives happiness both physical and emotional.
Material happiness is temporary, spritual happiness is Aloukika sukham ( everlasting).
- Suveshadya
Su + vesa + adya = auspicious + thing + great
One who is beautifully adorned. Married muthaiduvalu should adorn themselves auspiciously.
- Suvasini
women who is auspiciously dressed and devoted to her husband.
Siva is Mruthunjayudu, Mangala gowri has the sakthi to protect her husband from death.
- Suvasinyarchanapreetha
she is pleased when she is worshipped as suvasini or by worshipping ladies.
Also known as Dhoomavathi who turned all evils into smoke.
- Sobhana or Asobhana
Extremely beautiful.
Ladies ornaments gives them health and wealth.
- Sudhamanasa
She is pure mind without any attachments, likes or dislikes.
- Bindhutharpana santhushta
- Center of srichakra is bindhu. She is pleased when offerings are made in the bindhu.
- Bindhu is very subtle. She takes her devotees to the subtle level.
- Knowledge is subtle.
- Jeevnamukthas are also called Bindhuvulu.
- Purvaja
She existed even before the creation existed.
Navavarna puja is moving from one avarna till bindhu in trikonam is purvaja.
- Tripurambika
3 dieties presiding the triangle are Maha Kameswari, Maha Vajreswari and Maha Bhagamalini. Tripurambika is the one who is in the middle of the triangle in bindhu.
Trikona chakram chakreswari - Tripuramba
Trilokamohana chakram - Tripura
6th avarana - Tripuresi
next avarana - Tripuravasini.
after bindhu - Tripurambika.
close to bindhu - Maha Tripura Sundari.
There are many navavarna devathas in Srichakram but only 9 are called Tripura.
Icha, Gnana, Kriya, Snatha sakthi (4)
Vama, Jyeshta, Roudra, Ambika, Pasyanthi (5)
2. Jeeva is also calle Tripura. She is the ambika ( mother ) for all the jeevas.
- Dasamudra Samaradhya
She is worshipped with 10 mudras.
Each diety has one mudra that explains their power.
Two hands are used for mudras -right hand is Siva left hand is Sakthi.
- Tripurasri + vasankari
She is the mother in the sarvardha sadhaka chakram.
She is the energy in 3 worlds( swarga, madhya and patala), 3 tenses ( past, present and future) and 3 bodies( gross, subtle and causal).
Tripura is the place where Ida, pingala and sushumna meet in between the eyebrows.
vasankari = control over senses.
She controls all the worlds and gives strength to her devotees to control senses.
- Gnanamudra
also chinmudra, brahmamudra it represents unity of jeeva and parabrahma. Thumb represents brahman, index finger is jeeva rest of the fingers represent world.
2. Amma gives the knowledge of brahman
asthi, bathi priyam = brahman
name and form = world
- Gnanagamya
path of knowledge.
She can only attained by the knowledge of brahman.
- Gnana gneya swaroopini
Triputi = Gnatha, Gneyamu, Gnanamu
She is triputi, in the sadhana stage known as gneyamu, in the sidha stage as gnanam.
- Yonimudra
Each avarana in the srichakra has a presiding diety and mudra. 9th avarana mudra is yonimudra also mahayonimudra, brahmamudra, namaskara mudra.
prakruthi is yoni and paramatma sakthi is in the seed form.
- Trikhanda + esi
Eswari for tri khandams
Parabrahma sakthi is spread in the world as 3 parts - icha sakthi, gnana sakthi, kriya sakthi. She is expressed in 3 parts vacbhava kutam, kamaraja kutam and sakthi kutam. Srichakram has 3 mandalams sun, fire and moon.
10th mudra is sarvatrikhanda mudra.
982.Trigunamba
she is the mother for 3 gunas.
- Trikonaga
She is in the bindhu in trikonam ( triangle)
- Anagha
without any flaws.
Dattatreyas wife is Anagha devi.
- Adbutha charitra
Her glory cannot be expressed in words.
- Vanchithardha pradayini
She bestows more than one wishes for.
- Abhyasa + athisaya + gnatha
She is experianced only through intense practise. she is beyond knowledge.
- Shadadvateetha rupini
shadadva = 6 paths.
3 paths in vakprapancham : varna, pada and mantra.
3 paths in arthaprapancham = bhuvana, tatva and kala.
She transcends the 6 paths of worship.
- Avyaja karuna murhti
She is truly compassionate without any pretentions.
- Agnana + dwantha + deepika
Ignorance + darkness + light
She is the light that disspells darkness called ignorance.
- Abalagopalavidhitha
She is worshipped by children and cowherds who has no spiritual knowledge.
- Sarvanullanghya sasana
She commands everyone including Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra.
- Sri Chakra raja nilaya
She resides in Sri chakra. All the gods and goddesses live in srichakra.
our body is compared to srichakra.
- Srimadtripura sundari
Tripura means 3 fortresses that refer to creation, sustenance and dissolution. She is the controlling power of these 3 acts hence called Tripura Sundari.
- Sri Siva
Supreme energy of Siva as his wife. Siva means liberation.
- Siva Saktyakya rupini
There is no difference between siva and sakthi. Their union is the arthanareesvara tatvam.
- Laltithambika
All the previous names complete with this name indicating they are the names of lalitha devi.
Lalitha has many qualities - soft, gentle, playful, charming etc. She is the supreme mother.
