sahasranama
सहस्रनाम sahasranāmaA 'thousand names'; a hymn that praises a deity by reciting a thousand of their names, as in the Lalita Sahasranama central to Srividya.
Where this term appears
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
Bhaskararaya Makhin is the pre-eminent Shrividya commentator of the eighteenth century, the author of the Setubandha and of the standard commentary on the Lalita Sahasranama .
- What are Mudras? Lineages
So central are they that the Lalita Sahasranama , the thousand names of the Goddess, calls her Dasha-mudra-samaradhya , "she who is worshipped by the ten mudras." These seals are shown privately to the deity, l…
- What is the Sri Yantra? Lineages
The thousand names of the Lalita Sahasranama end by walking the same ladder.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
…gavata Purana , the Shakta Tantras , the thousand names of the Lalita Sahasranama , and the Saundarya Lahari , the "Flood of Beauty," a hymn to the Goddess the tradition attributes to Shankara himself.
- The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship
That list is the Vishnu Sahasranama, and this is the story of why the tradition met its largest question not with a definition but with a naming.
- Who is the Goddess? Deities
Its great hymn, the Lalita Sahasranama, the thousand names of Lalita, drawn from the Brahmanda Purana, names her in name after name as the supreme reality, consciousness and bliss itself, the power coiled at th…
- Who is Vishnu? Deities
The Vishnu Sahasranama , the thousand names of Vishnu, sits within the Mahabharata , in the Anushasana Parva, chapter 149.
- Devipuram and the Open-Access Model Treatise
… his visit a woman led the midday ritual and women chanted the Lalita Sahasranama , which he notes is restricted to men in the Smarta tradition.