Transmission
01Lalitopākhyāna tradition
Colophons associate the 182½-verse thousand-name hymn with the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Uttarakhaṇḍa, though some printed recensions omit it or treat it as supplementary (khila) material.
Source-aware · complete name-by-name edition
श्री ललितासहस्रनाम
Authentic Lalita Sahasranama
Śrī Lalitāsahasranāma
Meet all one thousand names in their received order, with Devanagari, consistent IAST, a concise name-level gloss, and a clear path back to the hymn’s sacred and textual history.
श्री
On-site scope
All 1,000 names
Sanskrit · Devanagari + IAST
Śrīvidyā hymn · one thousand names
Before opening the reader
How should a thousand names remain more than a thousand labels?
If the hymn's place in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa shifts across manuscripts, what exactly is "the text"?
Does a name mean something different read through Bhāskararāya's commentary than read alone?
01 / Authenticity ledger
What “authentic” means here.
Source disclosed. Language named. Attribution qualified. Editorial choices made visible. It does not mean that one modern web page has erased every living recension or interpretive tradition.
Sacred attribution
02Vaśinī and the Vāgdevīs
The narrative says Lalitā commissioned the Vāgdevīs to compose and proclaim her names in the divine court.
Teaching frame
03Hayagrīva teaches Agastya
This is the text’s narrative chain of transmission, not evidence for a historically identifiable human author.
Reader standard
04Complete order + IAST
Every counted name remains intact. IAST follows the declared Devanagari reading, and the English layer is explicitly a concise name-level gloss.
02 / Name-by-name reader
The text, opened carefully.
Complete declared 1,000-name enumeration
All 1,000 names are present in the common enumeration represented by the declared Sanskrit Wikisource reading. Each card offers a concise editorial name-level gloss; it does not pretend that a web gloss replaces Bhāskararāya’s layered compound analysis.
Reader controls
Move between script, sound, and sense.
Search every layer, move through fifty-name ranges, or jump directly to any numbered name. Each range stays quick to scan on phones as well as larger screens.
Showing 50 of 50 entries
Study unit
Numbered name with close gloss
Name 1: śrīmātā
Name 1 permalinkNames 1–50
श्रीमाता
śrīmātā
Close meaning
The revered Mother.
Name 2: śrīmahārājñī
Name 2 permalinkNames 1–50
श्रीमहाराज्ञी
śrīmahārājñī
Close meaning
The great and auspicious Queen.
Name 3: śrīmatsiṃhāsaneśvarī
Name 3 permalinkNames 1–50
श्रीमत्सिंहासनेश्वरी
śrīmatsiṃhāsaneśvarī
Close meaning
Sovereign of the resplendent throne.
Name 4: cidagnikuṇḍasambhūtā
Name 4 permalinkNames 1–50
चिदग्निकुण्डसम्भूता
cidagnikuṇḍasambhūtā
Close meaning
Manifest from the fire of consciousness.
Name 5: devakāryasamudyatā
Name 5 permalinkNames 1–50
देवकार्यसमुद्यता
devakāryasamudyatā
Close meaning
Arisen to fulfil the divine purpose.
Name 6: udyadbhānusahasrābhā
Name 6 permalinkNames 1–50
उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभा
udyadbhānusahasrābhā
Close meaning
Radiant like a thousand rising suns.
Name 7: caturbāhusamanvitā
Name 7 permalinkNames 1–50
चतुर्बाहुसमन्विता
caturbāhusamanvitā
Close meaning
Endowed with four arms.
Name 8: rāgasvarūpapāśāḍhyā
Name 8 permalinkNames 1–50
रागस्वरूपपाशाढ्या
rāgasvarūpapāśāḍhyā
Close meaning
Bearing the noose whose nature is loving attraction.
Name 9: krodhākārāṅkuśojjvalā
Name 9 permalinkNames 1–50
क्रोधाकाराङ्कुशोज्ज्वला
krodhākārāṅkuśojjvalā
Close meaning
Radiant with the goad whose form is corrective force.
Name 10: manorūpekṣukodaṇḍā
Name 10 permalinkNames 1–50
मनोरूपेक्षुकोदण्डा
manorūpekṣukodaṇḍā
Close meaning
Whose sugarcane bow takes the form of the mind.
Name 11: pañcatanmātrasāyakā
Name 11 permalinkNames 1–50
पञ्चतन्मात्रसायका
pañcatanmātrasāyakā
Close meaning
Whose arrows are the five subtle sensory principles.
Name 12: nijāruṇaprabhāpūramajjadbrahmāṇḍamaṇḍalā
Name 12 permalinkNames 1–50
निजारुणप्रभापूरमज्जद्ब्रह्माण्डमण्डला
nijāruṇaprabhāpūramajjadbrahmāṇḍamaṇḍalā
Close meaning
Whose own crimson radiance immerses the sphere of the cosmos.
Name 13: campakāśokapunnāgasaugandhikalasatkacā
Name 13 permalinkNames 1–50
चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागसौगन्धिकलसत्कचा
campakāśokapunnāgasaugandhikalasatkacā
Close meaning
Whose hair shines with campaka, aśoka, punnāga, and saugandhika blossoms.
Name 14: kuruvindamaṇiśreṇīkanatkoṭīramaṇḍitā
Name 14 permalinkNames 1–50
कुरुविन्दमणिश्रेणीकनत्कोटीरमण्डिता
kuruvindamaṇiśreṇīkanatkoṭīramaṇḍitā
Close meaning
Whose crown gleams with rows of kuruvinda gems.
Name 15: aṣṭamīcandravibhrājadalikasthalaśobhitā
Name 15 permalinkNames 1–50
अष्टमीचन्द्रविभ्राजदलिकस्थलशोभिता
aṣṭamīcandravibhrājadalikasthalaśobhitā
Close meaning
Whose forehead shines like the eighth-day crescent moon.
Name 16: mukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakā
Name 16 permalinkNames 1–50
मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषका
mukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakā
Close meaning
Whose musk mark resembles the dark mark on the moon.
Name 17: vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā
Name 17 permalinkNames 1–50
वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिका
vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā
Close meaning
Whose eyebrows arch like the gateway to Love’s palace.
Name 18: vaktralakṣmīparīvāhacalanmīnābhalocanā
Name 18 permalinkNames 1–50
वक्त्रलक्ष्मीपरीवाहचलन्मीनाभलोचना
vaktralakṣmīparīvāhacalanmīnābhalocanā
Close meaning
Whose eyes are like fish moving in the stream of her face’s beauty.
Name 19: navacampakapuṣpābhanāsādaṇḍavirājitā
Name 19 permalinkNames 1–50
नवचम्पकपुष्पाभनासादण्डविराजिता
navacampakapuṣpābhanāsādaṇḍavirājitā
Close meaning
Whose nose has the grace of a newly opened campaka flower.
Name 20: tārākāntitiraskārināsābharaṇabhāsurā
Name 20 permalinkNames 1–50
ताराकान्तितिरस्कारिनासाभरणभासुरा
tārākāntitiraskārināsābharaṇabhāsurā
Close meaning
Whose nose ornament outshines the brilliance of a star.
Name 21: kadambamañjarīklṛptakarṇapūramanoharā
Name 21 permalinkNames 1–50
कदम्बमञ्जरीक्लृप्तकर्णपूरमनोहरा
kadambamañjarīklṛptakarṇapūramanoharā
Close meaning
Whose ears are adorned with clusters of kadamba flowers.
Name 22: tāṭaṅkayugalībhūtatapanoḍupamaṇḍalā
Name 22 permalinkNames 1–50
ताटङ्कयुगलीभूततपनोडुपमण्डला
tāṭaṅkayugalībhūtatapanoḍupamaṇḍalā
Close meaning
The two jewels in them are the sun and the moon.
Name 23: padmarāgaśilādarśaparibhāvikapolabhūḥ
Name 23 permalinkNames 1–50
पद्मरागशिलादर्शपरिभाविकपोलभूः
padmarāgaśilādarśaparibhāvikapolabhūḥ
Close meaning
Whose cheeks outshine mirrors made of padmarāga gems.
Name 24: navavidrumabimbaśrīnyakkāriradanacchadā
Name 24 permalinkNames 1–50
नवविद्रुमबिम्बश्रीन्यक्कारिरदनच्छदा
navavidrumabimbaśrīnyakkāriradanacchadā
Close meaning
Her lips put to shame the colour of fresh corals.
Name 25: śuddhavidyāṅkurākāradvijapaṅktidvayojjvalā
Name 25 permalinkNames 1–50
शुद्धविद्याङ्कुराकारद्विजपङ्क्तिद्वयोज्ज्वला
śuddhavidyāṅkurākāradvijapaṅktidvayojjvalā
Close meaning
Whose two rows of teeth gleam like sprouts of pure knowledge.
Name 26: karpūravīṭikāmodasamākarṣidigantarā
Name 26 permalinkNames 1–50
कर्पूरवीटिकामोदसमाकर्षिदिगन्तरा
karpūravīṭikāmodasamākarṣidigantarā
Close meaning
Whose betel-scented breath draws the attention of every direction.
Name 27: nijasallāpamādhuryavinirbhartsitakacchapī
Name 27 permalinkNames 1–50
निजसल्लापमाधुर्यविनिर्भर्त्सितकच्छपी
nijasallāpamādhuryavinirbhartsitakacchapī
Close meaning
Whose sweet speech surpasses the music of Sarasvatī’s vīṇā.
Name 28: mandasmitaprabhāpūramajjatkāmeśamānasā
Name 28 permalinkNames 1–50
मन्दस्मितप्रभापूरमज्जत्कामेशमानसा
mandasmitaprabhāpūramajjatkāmeśamānasā
Close meaning
Whose gentle smile fills Kāmeśvara’s mind with delight.
Name 29: anākalitasādṛśyacibukaśrīvirājitā
Name 29 permalinkNames 1–50
अनाकलितसादृश्यचिबुकश्रीविराजिता
anākalitasādṛśyacibukaśrīvirājitā
Close meaning
Whose incomparable chin shines with beauty.
Name 30: kāmeśabaddhamāṅgalyasūtraśobhitakandharā
Name 30 permalinkNames 1–50
कामेशबद्धमाङ्गल्यसूत्रशोभितकन्धरा
kāmeśabaddhamāṅgalyasūtraśobhitakandharā
Close meaning
Whose neck shines with the marriage thread tied by Kāmeśvara.
Name 31: kanakāṅgadakeyūrakamanīyabhujānvitā
Name 31 permalinkNames 1–50
कनकाङ्गदकेयूरकमनीयभुजान्विता
kanakāṅgadakeyūrakamanīyabhujānvitā
Close meaning
Her arms are encircled with golden ornaments.
Name 32: ratnagraiveyacintākalolamuktāphalānvitā
Name 32 permalinkNames 1–50
रत्नग्रैवेयचिन्ताकलोलमुक्ताफलान्विता
ratnagraiveyacintākalolamuktāphalānvitā
Close meaning
Having a pearl dangling from a necklace of gems and gold.
Name 33: kāmeśvarapremaratnamaṇipratipaṇastanī
Name 33 permalinkNames 1–50
कामेश्वरप्रेमरत्नमणिप्रतिपणस्तनी
kāmeśvarapremaratnamaṇipratipaṇastanī
Close meaning
Whose breasts are the priceless pledge of Kāmeśvara’s love.
Name 34: nābhyālavālaromālilatāphalakucadvayī
Name 34 permalinkNames 1–50
नाभ्यालवालरोमालिलताफलकुचद्वयी
nābhyālavālaromālilatāphalakucadvayī
Close meaning
Whose breasts are the twin fruits of the fine vine of hair rising from her navel.
Name 35: lakṣyaromalatādhāratāsamunneyamadhyamā
Name 35 permalinkNames 1–50
लक्ष्यरोमलताधारतासमुन्नेयमध्यमा
lakṣyaromalatādhāratāsamunneyamadhyamā
Close meaning
Whose slender waist is inferred from the fine line of hair above it.
Name 36: stanabhāradalanmadhyapaṭṭabandhavalitrayā
Name 36 permalinkNames 1–50
स्तनभारदलन्मध्यपट्टबन्धवलित्रया
stanabhāradalanmadhyapaṭṭabandhavalitrayā
Close meaning
Whose three graceful folds support a waist bending beneath the fullness of her breasts.
Name 37: aruṇāruṇakausumbhavastrabhāsvatkaṭītaṭī
Name 37 permalinkNames 1–50
अरुणारुणकौसुम्भवस्त्रभास्वत्कटीतटी
aruṇāruṇakausumbhavastrabhāsvatkaṭītaṭī
Close meaning
Her waist is bright with a rosy tinted garment.
Name 38: ratnakiṅkiṇikāramyaraśanādāmabhūṣitā
Name 38 permalinkNames 1–50
रत्नकिङ्किणिकारम्यरशनादामभूषिता
ratnakiṅkiṇikāramyaraśanādāmabhūṣitā
Close meaning
Decked in a belt beautified with jewelled bells.
Name 39: kāmeśajñātasaubhāgyamārdavorudvayānvitā
Name 39 permalinkNames 1–50
कामेशज्ञातसौभाग्यमार्दवोरुद्वयान्विता
kāmeśajñātasaubhāgyamārdavorudvayānvitā
Close meaning
The symmetry and smoothness of her thighs are known.
Name 40: māṇikyamakuṭākārajānudvayavirājitā
Name 40 permalinkNames 1–50
माणिक्यमकुटाकारजानुद्वयविराजिता
māṇikyamakuṭākārajānudvayavirājitā
Close meaning
Whose knees shine like jewelled crowns.
Name 41: indragopaparikṣiptasmaratūṇābhajaṅghikā
Name 41 permalinkNames 1–50
इन्द्रगोपपरिक्षिप्तस्मरतूणाभजङ्घिका
indragopaparikṣiptasmaratūṇābhajaṅghikā
Close meaning
Whose calves resemble Manmatha’s jewel-studded quiver.
Name 42: gūḍhagulphā
Name 42 permalinkNames 1–50
गूढगुल्फा
gūḍhagulphā
Close meaning
With rounded ankles.
Name 43: kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā
Name 43 permalinkNames 1–50
कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्विता
kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā
Close meaning
Whose arched insteps surpass the curve of a tortoise shell.
Name 44: nakhadīdhitisaṃchannanamajjanatamoguṇā
Name 44 permalinkNames 1–50
नखदीधितिसंछन्ननमज्जनतमोगुणा
nakhadīdhitisaṃchannanamajjanatamoguṇā
Close meaning
The bright rays from her nails dispel the darkness of her worshippers.
Name 45: padadvayaprabhājālaparākṛtasaroruhā
Name 45 permalinkNames 1–50
पदद्वयप्रभाजालपराकृतसरोरुहा
padadvayaprabhājālaparākṛtasaroruhā
Close meaning
Whose radiant feet surpass the beauty of lotuses.
Name 46: śiñjānamaṇimañjiramaṇḍitaśrīpadāmbujā
Name 46 permalinkNames 1–50
शिञ्जानमणिमञ्जिरमण्डितश्रीपदाम्बुजा
śiñjānamaṇimañjiramaṇḍitaśrīpadāmbujā
Close meaning
Her lotus feet are adorned with jewelled anklets that tinkle.
Name 47: marālīmandagamanā
Name 47 permalinkNames 1–50
मरालीमन्दगमना
marālīmandagamanā
Close meaning
Her gait is that of the swan.
Name 48: mahālāvaṇyaśevadhiḥ
Name 48 permalinkNames 1–50
महालावण्यशेवधिः
mahālāvaṇyaśevadhiḥ
Close meaning
The treasury of great beauty.
Name 49: sarvāruṇā
Name 49 permalinkNames 1–50
सर्वारुणा
sarvāruṇā
Close meaning
All rosy hued.
Name 50: anavadyāṅgī
Name 50 permalinkNames 1–50
अनवद्याङ्गी
anavadyāṅgī
Close meaning
Perfect in every limb.
lalita sahasranama · editorial study edition
03 / Attribution & biography
People, voices, and tradition.
A sacred text can have a poet, a speaker inside its story, a traditional compiler, and later commentators. These roles are named separately so reverence never requires blurred history.
Traditional attribution01
Composers in the sacred narrative
Vaśinī and the Vāgdevīs
The hymn’s own frame says Lalitā commands the goddesses of speech, led by Vaśinī, to compose her thousand names. They recite them in her court so devotees may praise her. This is the liturgy’s sacred account of origin; the historical individual or community that formed the text remains unknown.
Narrative voice02
Teacher in the frame narrative
Hayagrīva
Hayagrīva—the horse-headed form of Viṣṇu associated with knowledge—reveals the secret hymn to the sage Agastya in the Lalitopākhyāna transmission. The dialogue situates the text within a teacher–disciple lineage.
Historical profile03
Influential early-modern commentator
Bhāskararāya
early 18th century
Bhāskararāya was a major Śākta theologian and polymath from Maharashtra who worked extensively in southern India. His Saubhāgyabhāskara became one of the most influential commentaries on the Lalitāsahasranāma, bringing Śrīvidyā Tantra into conversation with Vedic learning, Mīmāṃsā, grammar, and devotion. He was a commentator, not the hymn’s author.
04 / What the phala-śruti promises
The Uttarakhaṇḍa closes with its own promise.
I'm presenting this as the Uttarakhaṇḍa's own traditional promise for reciting the thousand names — not as a scientific or guaranteed claim.
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Cleansing of past karma and, ultimately, mokṣa — liberation — for the devoted reciter.
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Protection from negative influence, and a life described as free of disease and want.
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Fulfilment of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa together — the four classical aims of a complete life.
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The phala-śruti rates a single sincere recitation above many other traditional merits, as a mark of how highly the tradition values this hymn.
05 / Editorial method
Designed for honest study.
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The sequence follows the common 1,000-name division checked against the open-license Sanskrit Wikisource stotra and the public-domain 1925 Sastry edition of Bhāskararāya’s commentary.
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The declared Devanagari layer is adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource under CC BY-SA 4.0. Presentation punctuation and zero-width characters were cleaned, the stated base readings were normalized, and IAST was generated mechanically from that normalized layer.
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The English is a newly edited, concise orientation based on the public-domain commentary translation. It is name-level, not a claim of exhaustive word-by-word analysis.
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At name 879 this reader selects the Wikisource base reading सुधासृतिः (sudhāsṛtiḥ); the same witness records सुधास्रुतिः (sudhāsrutiḥ) as a variant.
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The hymn is described as transmitted with the Lalitopākhyāna tradition because its placement is not uniform in printed Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa recensions; ‘authentic’ does not mean that textual history has been erased.
06 / Source shelf
Read beyond this edition.
Primary texts, manuscript records, and scholarly studies are linked directly. External texts remain with their custodians and under their stated terms.
- 01Śrī LalitāsahasranāmastotramSanskrit Wikisource · CC BY-SA 4.0Base text for the 1,000-name sequence, checked on 29 July 2026. This site cleans presentation punctuation and zero-width characters, declares normalized readings, and generates IAST from the normalized Devanagari. (opens in a new tab)
- 02Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalCreative CommonsLicense governing the Wikisource-derived Devanagari and IAST layers; attribution, change indication, and ShareAlike apply. (opens in a new tab)
- 03Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya’s Commentary · 2nd editionInternet Archive · R. Ananthakrishna Sastry, 1925A public-domain English translation of Bhāskararāya’s Saubhāgyabhāskara used to verify the enumeration and prepare concise modern name-glosses. (opens in a new tab)
- 04Lalitāsahasranāma with pūrvapīṭhikāSanskrit DocumentsA full traditional reading used only for comparison and linked under its custodian’s terms; its volunteer text and translation are not reposted here. (opens in a new tab)
- 05Rahasyasahasranāmastotra manuscript A 961-32Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation ProjectManuscript-catalog evidence for the Hayagrīva–Agastya frame and Lalitopākhyāna colophon. (opens in a new tab)
- 06Threads of bhaktiOxford AcademicAcademic context for Bhāskararāya’s Śrīvidyā scholarship and commentary tradition. (opens in a new tab)
- 07Phala Śruti of the Lalitā SahasranāmaHindupedia, the Hindu EncyclopediaSource for the traditional benefits summarised below, drawn from the Uttarakhaṇḍa's own closing phala-śruti. (opens in a new tab)