LalithA SahasranAma [732] nAmapArAyanapritA

[Guest guest]

nAmapArAyanapritA : Delighted in the repetition of [Her] names

>From A to Ksa are her names. A is one and ka and the rest are thirty-

fice, in all thirty-six, there thirty-six represent thirty-six years.

When we add to each the sixteen vowels, so many months are obtained.

There are 576 and are the first letters. Again add the 36 letters in

second place of each letter in order. Then the total names becom

20,737. The Laghu-stuti [V.19] confirms the above statement. The De.

BhAg [book III]: "When from A to Ksa the vowels are joined to the

consonants, countless names, O Son og Raghu, are obtained".

 

The repetition of these names in five ways is described in the

KAdimata. "By day, week, forthnight, month and year, etc." Thus is

the ceremony of the repetition of the names. So also the repetition

of this SahasranAman. Because according to the etymological meaning

and the conventional meaning "the repetition of names" means this

thousand also. For there is a saying [see supra. I.45] "Whether one

worships me or not or repeats he mantra or not, he must repeat these

thousand names always in order to please me"

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

[Guest guest]

She is pleased by the recitation of Her names.

 

Here, nAma means the Vedas, and Maha-Mantras such as Gayatri,

Panchadasi and others.

 

Here, pArAyana means not parrot-like repetition (although even as

such, being Maha-Mantras, they have inherent power for good), but by

anusandhAna, with understanding of their meaning.

 

There are 16 vowels and 34 consonants, and every word formed by

these is a nAma in Her form, and therefore She will be pleased by

the uttering of them.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy

wrote:

>

>

> nAmapArAyanapritA : Delighted in the repetition of [Her] names

>

> From A to Ksa are her names. A is one and ka and the rest are

thirty-

> fice, in all thirty-six, there thirty-six represent thirty-six

years.

> When we add to each the sixteen vowels, so many months are

obtained.

> There are 576 and are the first letters. Again add the 36 letters

in

> second place of each letter in order. Then the total names becom

> 20,737. The Laghu-stuti [V.19] confirms the above statement. The

De.

> BhAg [book III]: "When from A to Ksa the vowels are joined to the

> consonants, countless names, O Son og Raghu, are obtained".

>

> The repetition of these names in five ways is described in the

> KAdimata. "By day, week, forthnight, month and year, etc." Thus is

> the ceremony of the repetition of the names. So also the

repetition

> of this SahasranAman. Because according to the etymological

meaning

> and the conventional meaning "the repetition of names" means this

> thousand also. For there is a saying [see supra. I.45] "Whether

one

> worships me or not or repeats he mantra or not, he must repeat

these

> thousand names always in order to please me"

>

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>