Paribhāshā Stotra-s

An exploration of Lalitā Sahasranāmam

By: Dr. Ramamurthy Natarajan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This is an exploration of Lalitā Sahasranāma. There is many a book available on Lalitā Sahasranāma. This book is not on, but about Lalitā Sahasranāma. Paribhāsha verses are an insight into, an analysis of, a research paper on and what not, about Lalitā Sahasranāma. These forty verses apparently look like praising/ bowing to Shreedevee. But it is full of mathematics using Katapayādhi and Bhoota Sankya methods of denoting numerals in Samskrit by letters/ words. Sahasranāma about any God is always in the form stotra-s – i.e. verses. Different sages split the verses into 1000 names and thus we get nāmāvali – series of names about that God. There could be minor differences in splitting the verses into name through different schools – however, the total count of 1000 will not be affected. The Paribhāsha verses give the rules to divide the 182.5 verses of Lalitā Sahasranāma Stotra into 1000 names. When these verses are split into names using this method, the verses are split uniquely into 1000 names. Let Shreedevee shower her choicest blessings to all the readers.