Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 1000: Shri Sri Lalitambika (ōṃ lalitāmbikāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is Lalitha Devi. She has a temple in Thirumeechur, Tamil Nadu, India, which is considered as the original source for this 1000 Namas Sahasrangama.

Shri Lalitha is indescribably charming and graceful in Her attire, gait, words and look; She is the Mother (Ambika) who nourishes and protects everything with sweet love. She is Lalithambhai with all Her sporting playfulness.

This Sahasrangama started with the Name “Shree Matha and ends with 1000 th Name Shri Lalithambhai”. Everything and all beings in this universe are continuously being created by the Divine Mother. She is celebrated as Mother. She does not have any difficulty to create widely spread universe and many living beings and things. She does this playfully; She is called aptly Lalithambika. Wherever we see the beauty and natural playfulness, Her presence is felt there.

The person carrying heavy load on his head, without feeling the heaviness of the load, watches the children playing and then moves on. Since the Divine Mother’s Shakti is within him, he can do that easily and playfully.

A man, when speaking can express his views clearly without any

difficulty. There will be a beauty or easiness in his speech. We can

understand that Saravati Devi’s presence in his tongue.

There are fine arts, drawings, literature, music, dance and 

sculpture in a few in fine arts’ list. If a singer presses his eye out

to dropping level, then it may not be Lalitha kala, likewise, if he

keeps his mouth unseeingly open, it will not be Lalitha kala

either. His face should reflect sweetness and calm. In his songs if

raga and tala are properly reflected it will become Lalitha kala.

To appreciate such kala activity is a form of Lalithambika 

worship.

 

From mud, the structure or form of divinity is formed. This

ought to be reflected well, the anger following kindness, surprise,

happiness, jealousy and disappointment. In that case it becomes

good kala. Those who can bring out the beauty of the divinity 

from a rocky material is said to have the blessings of the Divine

Mother. From appropriate stone, bringing out the divinity is

Lalitha kala. When someone draws a few lines on a paper, we

 will understand whose figure is that. That is also Lalitha kala. If

anybody produces a drawing or sculpture as true a living being,

it can be said to be Lalitha Kala. If an actor produces an act as

lively, then it is Lalitha kala. The Divine Mother is an example of

nature’s functioning.

 

The Divine Mother creates the universe, sustains it, and destroys

it, all done by Her sportingly. She is celebrated as Lalithambika.

 

She is the beautiful Mother. In 1000 names, this is the last one

from Shri Matha to Shri Lalithambika, who is known as 

beautiful Mother, completes this full Sahasrangama; Vak devis in

their gratitude to the Divine Mother for creating and providing

for them, had introduced the Divine Mother as Shri Matha in this

Sahasrangama as the first Namam. After arranging all

Namas, as they could not choose a better name, they had chosen 

with the same meaning Nama Lalithambika as the Namam in this

 Sahasrangama.

 

The Divine Mother creates, sustains and dissolves the universe.

She is holding the universe within Her, as Shri Matha, Shri 

Maharanjni, Shri Simhasanesvari, She had immeasurable 

greatness as the Mother. She removes all sorrows, with Her 

kindness.  The Mother or beautiful Mother Ambika, whole

Shahsranama is completed.

 

When a biological mother removes the sorrows, with Her 

kindness, even if She is not actually beautiful, She is considered a

wonderful mother, for her child. For any child, its mother is 

always beautiful. When someone is under stress and sorrow, the 

mother comforts him. She will be seen beautiful; the Divine 

 Mother is such a beautiful Lalithambika.

 

Lalitha means beautiful, which attracts others to Her. She is 

playful which are happening gradually from small to higher level.

Her actions will reach the minds of humans to give them new 

hope. When we see good food,we have a desire to eat it, likewise 

her kindness melts even the hard rocky individuals. It will make 

humans see her repeatedly. When the humans are near to Her, 

they will think of it as good. We will feel that Her beauty 

speaking to us. Her beauty is very soft, which displays various

forms. It will shine between Her movements and shakings. Such 

beauty is called Lalitham. Padma Puranam explains Lalitham 

very well. She is most beautiful of all the beautiful girls in this 

universe. Whatever the Divine Mother has; Her Lalitham is soft 

and smooth. She has soft weapons mostly delivering Her 

kindness  to the devotees.

Lalitha has a Shakti petham in Pray Akai and a temple in 

Thirumichur in Tamil Nadu, India. There is a river called 

Lalitha. She is Mangala Chandika, Who Has Lalitha raga.

 

Bhaskaracarya recalls the description. “Lalitha is one who 

sports, transcending the worlds,” given in Padma Purana. There

is the term Lalitha refers to the Divine Mother, who resides in 

Bindu in Sri Chakra,transcending the rays of light from the 

surrounding deities. Bhaskaracarya goes on to describe Lalitha 

as one who is endowed with eight manly qualities of brilliance,

playfulness, sweetness, depth, fixity, energy,  grace and 

 generosity.” The term “manliness” (purusha) is apt for women as

well. Purusha is one who resides in the body that is called a pura,

a city; the Jiva(soul), in other words man and women cannot be

said to have different kinds of Jiva; Jiva is the same. Thus,

purusha is equally apt for man and woman. It is the quality of

being human.

 

Lalitha in front of Shiva is the amorous, one full of erotic

Sentiments. Lalitha is one who is full of youth. She is beautiful 

with words and movements that provoke desire even in Shiva, the

slayer of Kama, the lord of desire.

 

Everything about Her is full of beauty and lalitya, playfulness.

Her bowstring is made of black bees. Thus, even her weapons are

graceful and enchanting! She highly deserves the Namam 

 Lalitha.

 

Above all these, Lalithambika is the Divine Mother’s celebrated

sacred Namam which is true to Her full glory. The Divine Mother

is always hailed as Ambika, the Mother, who is Lalithambika

herself.

 

These are ten Namas at 100 th level easily rememberable.

1.     Shri Mata. Namam 1

2.     Manipurantar udia, Namam 101

3.     Sadgati Prada, Naman 201

4.     Hrimkari, Namam 301

5.     Vividhakara, Namam 401

6.     Gudanna prita manasa, Namam 501

7.     Darandalita dirghaksi, Nama 601

8.     Desa kak pariechainna, Namam 701

9.     Pusta, Namam 801

10.Nada rupini, Namam 901

The Divine Mother is Lalitha Devi.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 20 October 2022; updated 08 November 2025.

References:

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-Bavandar.