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Sahasranama

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Sahasranāma is aSanskrit term which means "a thousand names".[1] It is also a genre ofstotra literature,[2][3] usually found as a title of the text named after a deity, such asVishnu Sahasranāma, wherein the deity is remembered by 1,000 names, attributes or epithets.[1][4]

As stotras, Sahasra-namas are songs of praise, a type of devotional literature.[2] The word is a compound ofsahasra "thousand" andnāman "name". A Sahasranāma often includes the names of other deities, suggestinghenotheistic equivalence and/or that they may be attributes rather than personalnames.[5] Thus theGanesha Sahasranama list of one thousand names includesBrahma,Vishnu,Shakti,Shiva,Rudra, SadaShiva and others.[6] It also includes epithets such as Jiva (life force), Satya (truth), Param (highest), Jnana (knowledge) and others.[6] The Vishnu Sahasranama includes in its listwork andjñāna-yājna (offering of knowledge) as two attributes of Vishnu.[7] TheLalita Sahasranama, similarly, includes the energies of a goddess that manifest in an individual as desire, wisdom and action.[8]

A sahasranama provides a terse list of attributes, virtues and legends symbolized by a deity. There are also many shorter stotras, containing only 108 names (108 being a sacred number in Dharmic religions) and accordingly calledashtottara-shata-nāma.

Chronology

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The sahasranamas such as the Vishnu Sahasranama, are not found in earlySamhita manuscripts, rather found in medieval and later versions of various Samhitas.[9] One of the significant works on Sahasranama is from the sub-school ofRamanuja and theVishnu Sahasra-namamBhasya (commentary) by 12th-centuryParasara Bhattar.[10][11]

Type

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Sahasranamas are used for recitals, in ways such as:

  • sravana, listening to recitals of names and glories of God
  • nama-sankirtana (nāma-sankīrtana), reciting the names of God either set to music or not
  • smarana, recalling divine deeds and teaching of divine deeds.
  • archana (arcanā), worshipping the divine with ritual repetition of divine names.

Hinduism

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Some well-known sahasranāmas include:

Tantrikas chant the Bhavani Nāma Sahasra Stuti and the Kali Sahasranāma. While the Vishnu and Shiva Sahasranāmas are popular amongst all Hindus, theLalita Sahasranama is mostly chanted in South India. TheGanesha Sahasranama is mainly chanted byGanapatya, the Bhavani Nāma Sahasra Stuti is the choice ofKashmiri Paṇḍits, and the Kali Sahasranāma is mostly chanted by Bengalis.

Jainism

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Jina-sahasranama is astotra text ofJainism,[22] with thousand names ofJinasena, Ashadhara andBanarasidas, Arhannamasahasrasamuccaya by AcaryaHemacandra.[23]

Sikhism

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Further information:Names of God in Sikhism

Guru Arjan of Sikhism, along with his associates, are credited with Sukhmani Sahasranama, composed ingauri raga, based on HinduPuranic literature, and dedicated toWaheguru.[24] This 17th-century Sikh text is entirely dedicated tobhakti themes.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abSir Monier Monier-Williams,sahasranAman, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Oxford University Press (Reprinted: Motilal Banarsidass),ISBN 978-8120831056
  2. ^abHarvey P. Alper (1991).Understanding Mantras. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 362–363.ISBN 978-81-208-0746-4.
  3. ^Nancy Ann Nayar (1992).Poetry as Theology: The Śrīvaiṣṇava Stotra in the Age of Rāmānuja. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 17.ISBN 978-3-447-03255-1.
  4. ^David Kinsley (1974),Through the Looking Glass: Divine Madness in the Hindu Religious Tradition, History of Religions, Vol. 13, No. 4, pages 270-305
  5. ^John S. Mbiti.Concepts of God in Africa. p.217, 1970
  6. ^abश्रीगणपतिसहस्रनामावली, Sri Ganapati Sahasranama, Shree Sharada SahasraNama/श्री शारदा सहस्रनाम dedicated to Sharda Devi,The presiding deity of Kashmir now in Sharada Valley, Muzaffarabad POK SanskritDocuments.Org Archive
  7. ^Dharm Bhawuk (2011).Spirituality and Indian Psychology. Springer. pp. 152–153.ISBN 978-1441981103.
  8. ^V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (1942).The Lalitā Cult. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 4–5 with footnote 7.ISBN 978-81-208-0919-2.
  9. ^Nancy Ann Nayar (1992).Poetry as Theology: The Śrīvaiṣṇava Stotra in the Age of Rāmānuja. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 23–24.ISBN 978-3-447-03255-1.
  10. ^Nancy Ann Nayar (1992).Poetry as Theology: The Śrīvaiṣṇava Stotra in the Age of Rāmānuja. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 82–83.ISBN 978-3-447-03255-1.
  11. ^P. Pratap Kumar (1997).The Goddess Lakṣmī: The Divine Consort in South Indian Vaiṣṇava Tradition. Scholars Press/The American Academy of Religion. pp. 77–79.ISBN 978-0788501999.
  12. ^abJessica Frazier (2014).The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 186 footnote 22.ISBN 978-1472567161.
  13. ^Swami Vimalananda. Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram. With Namavali, Introduction, English Rendering and Index. Fourth Edition. (Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam: 1985).
  14. ^Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2010).Survey of Hinduism, A: Third Edition. State University of New York Press. p. 530 with footnote 35.ISBN 978-0-7914-8011-3.
  15. ^P. Sankaranarayanan.Sri Viṣṇusahasranāma Stotram. With English Translation ofSrī Saṅkara Bhagavatpāda’s Commentary. (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Mumbai: 1996).
  16. ^Śarmā, Rāmakaraṇa (1996).Śivasahasranāmāṣṭakam : eight collections of hymns containing one thousand and eight names of Śiva. Delhi: Nag Publishers.ISBN 9788170813507.OCLC 36990863. IncludesŚivasahasranāmakoṣa, a dictionary of names. This work compares eight versions of theŚivasahasranāmāstotra. The preface and introduction (in English) by Ram Karan Sharma provide an analysis of how the eight versions compare with one another. The text of the eight versions is given in Sanskrit.
  17. ^Swami Tapasyananda (Editor). Śrī Lalitā Sahasranāma. (Sri Ramakrishna Math: Chennai, n.d.). With text, transliteration, and translation.ISBN 81-7120-104-0.
  18. ^Labhashankar Mohanlal Joshi. Lalitā Sahasranāma: A Comprehensive Study of One Thousand Names of Lalitā Mahā-Tripurasundarī. Tantra in Contemporary Researches, no. 2. (D. K. Printworld (P) Ltd.: New Delhi, 1998).ISBN 81-246-0073-2.
  19. ^TheGaṇeśa Purāṇa. Nag Publishers; Reprint 1993. "Introduction" in English by Ram Karan Sharma. Text in Sanskrit.ISBN 81-7081-279-8.
  20. ^Gaṇeśasahasranāmastotram: mūla evaṁ srībhāskararāyakṛta 'khadyota' vārtika sahita. (Prācya Prakāśana: Vārāṇasī, 1991). Source text with a commentary by Bhāskararāya in Sanskrit.
  21. ^"shrI Anjaneya or Hanuman Stotra of 1000 Names".sanskritdocuments.org. Retrieved9 July 2022.
  22. ^Johannes Klatt (1892).Specimen of a Literary-bibliographical Jaina-onomasticon. O. Harrassowitz. pp. 39–40.
  23. ^Jain Journal, Volumes 2-3, Jain Bhawan., 1967, p. 125
  24. ^Pashaura Singh; Louis E. Fenech (2014).The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. pp. 175–178.ISBN 978-0-19-100412-4.

Further reading

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  • C. Ramanujachari.The Spiritual heritage of Thiagaraja. Ramakrishna Students Home, Mylapore, Chennai, 1957.

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