| Sri Lalita Sahasranama Questions |
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| 1. What makes Lalita Sahasranama stotram special? |
| 2. What is the Mahamantra in Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 3. Who revealed Lalita's Sahasranama stotram to whom ? |
| 4. What does Sahasram mean? |
| 5. What is the script of Srividya? |
| 6. What are the qualifications for reciting Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 7. Who should not be taught the Lalitasahasranama hymn? |
| 8. Who was Agastya's wife and what is her significance? |
| 9. Which upasana is related to Lalitasahasranamas? |
| 10. Who are the sages of Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 11. How many stages of speech are there? |
| 12. How many positions are there for uttering sounds with the throat and mouth? |
| 13. Where did the Vasinyadi deities originate? |
| 14. Where are the Vasinyadi deities located? |
| 15. What is achieved through the grace of Vasinyadeva? |
| 16. Who are the deities of the letters in mantras? |
| 17. What is the blessing of Vasini Vagdevata? |
| 18. What are the graces of Kameshwari and Modini vagdevata? |
| 19. What are the graces of Vimala and Aruna? |
| 20. What are the graces of Jayini and Sarveswari? |
| 21. What is Kaulini's blessing? |
| 22. Can anyone sing Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 23. Where was the Lalita Sahasranama Shastra created? |
| 24. How many types of teachers are there? |
| 25. How does Lalita Sahasra compare to the Vedas? |
| 26. What is the difference between Veda and Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 27. What are the two types of science? |
| 28. What are the three types of secret sciences? |
| 29. Why is Lalita Sahasranamam considered an occult science (Rahasya Namam)? |
| 30. Who are the authors of Sri Vidya Bhasya? |
| 31. How many yoginis are in Amma's yogini army? |
| 32. Which Linga was consecrated by the Bhaskaras in Kashi? |
| 33. Who are the authors of Srividya Bhasya? |
| 34. What is the name of Bhatta Narayan's Bhashya? |
| 35. What form do the light vibrations take when we recites Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 36. What was Bhaskara Raya's initiation name? |
| 37. In which form does Amma reside as described in Lalita's Sahasranamas? |
| 38. Reciting which bunch of names removes horoscope errors? |
| 39. What was the name of Bhaskara Raya's father? |
| 40. What is the name of the Ghat in Kashi where Bhaskara Raya showed Chatushashti Yoginis? |
| 41. How does recitation of Lalita Sahasranama become authentic? |
| 42. How can pronunciation errors be removed while reciting Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 43. Can those who know only Sanskrit say the meanings of Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 44. Which education gives worldly grace and transcendental grace? |
| 45. What should be kept in mind when seeking earthly grace(I-hika Anugraham)? |
| 46. Does wealth have anything to do with achievement? |
| 47. Which stotram pleases Sri Mata? |
| 48. How should Sadhana always be? |
| 49. How should thinking always be? |
| 50. What does the worshiper dear to the Goddess do? |
| 51. What should one who is a worshiper of Lalita try to chant? |
| 52. What is the result of Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 53. What is Anupanam? |
| 54. What is the Anupana for recitation and practice? |
| 55. Who is Shraddha Devi? |
| 56. What to do if you don't get attention no matter how hard you try? |
| 57. What are the two ways in which sins come? |
| 58. What is the power of each name in Lalita Sahasranama? |
| 59. If it's not possible to recite Lalita Sahasranama regularly then on which days should it be recited? |
| 60. What are two-syllable mantras called? |
| 61 What are Mala Mantras? |
| 62 How many syllables are in a Shloka Pada? |
| 63 How many verses are in Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 64 In which chandas (meter) was Lalita's Sahasranama stotram recited? |
| 65 What was the first miraculous name uttered by the Vagdevatas of Vasinyadi? |
| 66 What is Seed called in Sanskrit? |
| 67 What is the name of Ammavari Yantra? |
| 68 What is the name of Ammavari Vidya? |
| 69 What does Shri mean? |
| 70 How many glories(Vaibhavas) are mentioned in Lalita's Sahasranama stotram? |
| 71 How many times does the name Lalita occur in Lalita Sahasranama stotram? |
| 72 Who has the power to create nurture and destroy? |
| 73 What is day-time known as? |
| 74 What is night-time called? |
| 75 What does Mata (Mother) mean? |
| 76 Who is the basis of all living beings? |
| 77 What are the two meanings of the name Shri Mata? |
| 78 Who can love without falsehood? |
| 79 Which nama has Matrikavarna secrets in the first pada? |
| 80 What are the spells that describe the origin of creation and its responsive power? |
| 81 Who should worship Amma? |
| 82 Who is our mother? |
| 83 What is the name of Ammavari's throne? |
| 84 What does it mean to know Lalita's Sahasranamas? |
| 85 What is Asana? |
| 86 What are the five asanas of Ammavari? |
| 87 What are Pancha Digasanas? |
| 88 Who are the five Brahmas? |
| 89 What are the Pancha Kalasanas? |
| 90 What is required to understand Lalita Sahasra Namams? |
| 91 What is the collective meaning of the first three names of Lalitha Sahasra? |
| 92 What is Rakshasa race? |
| 93 Who will Amma come for? |
| 94 What are divine qualities? |
| 95 How many uses of fire are there? |
| 96 What is Chidagni? |
| 97 What are the works of Parameshwar? |
| 98 Who can describe Bhagavat realization? |
| 99 What is the meaning of Chaturbahusamanvita ? |
| 100 What is the method of Sadhana taught by Mahayogi Devahara Baba in Vrindavan? |
| 101 What does the Patanjali Sutra say about the Sadhana approach? |
| 102 What weapons does Goddess Lalita hold? |
| 103 What does the Pasha symbolize? |
| 104 What does Ankusha meditation remove? |
| 105 How is Amma's form explained philosophically? |
| 106 What do the five flowered arrows symbolize? |
| 107 What does the cane bow symbolize? |
| 108 What is Amma's form situated in Bindu called? |
| 109 What is the light in Amma's form called? |
| 110 In which name is Goddess's light described? |
| 111 What flowers decorate Ammavari Kacha(hair)? |
| 112 What sufferings does Ammavari Kacha(hair) meditation remove? |
| 113 What power does Goddess Kacha(hair) symbolize? |
| 114 How should Ammavari's form be meditated upon? |
| 115 How does Amma's crown shine? |
| 116 What is the soul consciousness in everyone called? |
| 117 What power resides in all? |
| 118 What is the significance of comparing Ammavari's forehead with the Moon on Ashtami? |
| 119 What is the name of the Krishna Paksha and Shukla Paksha Ashtami deity? |
| 120 What does Tvarita mean? |
| 121 How far will one go in Sadhana if Amma meditates on their forehead? |
| 122 What does Mriganabhi mean? |
| 123 Whose radiance is on Ammavari's face? |
| 124 What is special about doing Tilaka Dharana on Ajnachakrasthana? |
| 125 What does Nyasa mean? |
| 126 What are Amma's eyebrows compared to? |
| 127 What powers are hidden in the name Vadanasmaramangalyagrihatoranachillika ? |
| 128 What is the response power of God? |
| 129 In what form did God's energy first respond? |
| 130 How did the first response energy of Lord spread? |
| 131 What is the meaning of comparing the beauty of Amma's face with a flow? |
| 132 How is Ammavari Nasadanda glowing? |
| 133 What is the mantra form of Ammavari Nasadanda? |
| 134 What is the nature of Amma's nose? |
| 135 What is the symbolic feature of Amma's nose ornaments? |
| 136 What is the symbol of Nadi Mandal for Goddess's nose ornaments? |
| 137 What do Goddess's ears symbolize? |
| 138 What do Tapana Mandal and Udupa Mandal mean? |
| 139 Where are the sun and moon reflected in Amma? |
| 140 What is the function of sun and moon in Amma's eyes? |
| 141 What is the work done by sun and moon in Amma's chest? |
| 142 What is the function of sun and moon in Amma's ears? |
| 143 What light does Amma's nasabharaana seem to dispel? |
| 144 What are Amma's cheeks compared to? |
| 145 What is Radanachhada? |
| 146 What are Amma's Lips compared to? |
| 147 What is Ammavari's toothline? |
| 148 How was Ammavari applied to the various Srividya Vidyas? |
| 149 What are the Srividya Vidyas mentioned in Vasishtha Agama? |
| 150 How are the Matrika varnas similar to Ammavari's toothline? |
| 151 What is pure education? |
| 152 What tejas is Ammavari Palavarusa endowed with? |
| 153 How was Ammavari's toothline applied to the Vedas? |
| 154 Whose form are the teeth when the Goddess is addressed as Vishwavirat? |
| 155 What does meditation on Ammavari Karpura Veetika Tambulam bring? |
| 156 How to prepare Ammavari Karpura Veetika Tambulam? |
| 157 What are Amma's words like? |
| 158 What is the characteristic of kachhapi veena? |
| 159 What is the meaning of Amma's words more than Kachchapi Veena? |
| 160 What comes to mind when thinking of Ammavari Mandsamita? |
| 161 Who does Amma's smile melt? |
| 162 What is the flow of Amma's smile? |
| 163 What is Samayachara? |
| 164 What is Chubuka Sri? |
| 165 What should we remember when seeing Amma's throat/neck? |
| 166 What is the numerical sign of the twenty-seven stars in Mangalasutra? |
| 167 How should Amma's neck ornaments be considered? |
| 168 When will Amma give muktaphalam? |
| 169 How does Amma give us the gem of Shiva's love? |
| 170 Who shared the nectar brought by the sun and moon? |
| 171 Which mantra refers to Parabrahma? |
| 172 How should we perceive Amma's navel? |
| 173 What part of Amma's waistband or pelvic area ornament is ringing? |
| 174 Where is Mahabila located? |
| 175 Why is Amma's waist likened to nothingness? |
| 176 How are Ammavari's knees described? |
| 177 How does Amma nurture this world? |
| 178 How are the feet of Ammavaru described? |
| 179 Who should know the secrets of Gurupaduka mantra? |
| 180 What color are the mother's feet? |
| 181 Why are Amma's feet compared to a turtle's shell? |
| 182 What color are Amma's feet? |
| 183 When is the epic literature/poetry of Srividya taught? |
| 184 What color are Amma's nails and how are they described? |
| 185 Whom did Amma see first when she came from Chidagni Kundam? |
| 186 What is Shinjana? |
| 187 What is Manimanjira? |
| 188 What is Mandita? |
| 189 What is the meaning of the name Lalita? |
| 190 What is Padambuja? |
| 191 What are the two main teachings of the Mahapaduka mantra? |
| 192 Who described the feet of Goddess in Telugu? |
| 193 How do Amma's anklets sound? |
| 194 What is Marali? |
| 195 How many types of gamanas (gaits) are shown to males? |
| 196 Which gait is like a swan's movement in us? |
| 197 Which energy acts as the main life force in the body? |
| 198 How many nerves does Chichhakti transmit life force to? |
| 199 Which is the vital nerve (nadi) in our body? |
| 200 What are the nerves on either side of Sushumna Nadi? |
| 201 What do 'ha' and 'sa' indicate in the gait of a swan? |
| 202 On which state of mind does the prana gamanam (gait) happen? |
| 203 How many types of emotional states (Bhavanas) are there? |
| 204 When is breath in a herd/slow motion? |
| 205 How does Kundalini flow in a Yogi? |
| 206 What does Sevadhi mean? |
| 207 What is Sarvaruna? |
| 208 How many arts are in the rays emanating from Amma's feet? |
| 209 What is Anavadyangi? |
| 210 How many forms does Mount Sumeru have? |
| 211 Where is Srimannagaram located? |
| 212 Who are the Inner Panchabrahams of Lalitasahasranama? |
| 213 What are Chintamanulu? |
| 214 What do the lotuses in Mahapadmatavi represent? |
| 215 What is Sudhasagaram? |
| 216 What is the meaning of the name Kamakshi? |
| 217 Who first uttered the sacred name of Kamakshi? |
| 218 Who is worthy to praise the Goddess? |
| 219 What do gods and sages refer to? |
| 220 Who tried to commemorate gods about Amma's incarnation? |
| 221 Who is the president of Ammavari Gajabala (elephant forces)? |
| 222 What does Sampatkari Devi restrain? |
| 223 Who is the President of Ammavari Ashwabala (Horse Forces)? |
| 224 What does Ashwarudha Ammavari Upasana provide? |
| 225 What is Chakraraja? |
| 226 Who is seated on the Geyachakra chariot? |
| 227 What is the meaning of Geyachakra? |
| 228 Who is Aruda on the chariot? |
| 229 Who is Varahi's mother? |
| 230 What are Varahi's weapons? |
| 231 Who are the deities on Amma's right and left sides? |
| 232 What does Shyamala Varahi represent? |
| 233 What is the capital city of Bhandasura? |
| 234 Who are Bhandasura's commander and brothers? |
| 235 How did Amma get the name Kamadayini? |
| 236 Who is Jwalamalini Devi? |
| 236. What is the name of goddess who made the Agniprakara ( one of the barrier of manidweepam) by Jwalamalini Devi? |
| 238 How many Tithi Nitya deities are there? |
| 239 What are the names of the Tithi Nitya deities? |
| 240 What is the significance of the words Harshita Samutsuka Nandita and Toshita at the end of the goddesses' names? |
| 241 How many enclosures are there in Agni Prakaram? |
| 242 Who are the inner avarana deities? |
| 243 Who are the outer avarana deities? |
| 244 How large is Amma's army? |
| 245 What is spiritual practice? |
| 246 Who were Bhandasura's sons? |
| 247 Where did Amma Sri Balatripura Sundari originate? |
| 248 How old does Amma Sri Balatripurasundari appear? |
| 249 How old does Sri Lalita Tripura Sundari appear? |
| 250 Who is Amma Sri Balatripurasundari? |
| 251 What is the name of Goddess Bala Tripurasundari's chariot? |
| 252 What does the thousand swans represent? |
| 253 What is the special weapon used by Bala Tripura Sundari against demons? |
| 254 How should the names of Lalita Sahasra be worshipped? |
| 255 What do the names Vishukra and Vishanga mean? |
| 256 Who is Rajashyamala Devi? |
| 257 Who should we worship to overcome ignorance? |
| 258 Who killed the demon Vishuksha? |
| 259 Who killed the demon Vishanga? |
| 260 What is Bhandasura? |
| 261 What is Shastra? |
| 262 What is Astra? |
| 263 What Yantra did Vishanga use? |
| 264 Why were the forces of Shakti discouraged? |
| 265 Who is Lalita Devi? |
| 266 Who emerged from the union of Lalita Devi and Kameswara's mutual laughter? |
| 267 What is the embodiment of Gajamukha Ganapati? |
| 268 Who are the Mithuna devatas in Vallabha Ganapati? |
| 269 What did Mahaganapati hold with his trunk? |
| 270 Which Vidya did Shankara consider suitable for Advaita? |
| 271 Which Yantra was conquered by Ganapati? |
| 272 How many Ganapatis emerged from Ganapati Romakupams? |
| 273 How many Veda mantras are there? |
| 274 What does Praharshita mean? |
| 275 Which two Surya Astras did Amma use? |
| 276 Which energy is amplified through Surya Upasana? |
| 277 What are the names of the three astras used by Devi? |
| 278 Which astra did Amma use in response to Paashaanda Shastra? |
| 279 Which astra created by Amma has Chandi Navavaranas? |
| 280 Which avataras did Devi create to kill Somakasura's ten demons? |
| 281 What is the benefit of worshiping the Dasavataras? |
| 282 Who stole the Vedas from Brahma? |
| 283 Which of the Goddess's names embodies the Pasupata mantra? |
| 284 Which astra did Devi use to destroy Bhandasura's Shunyaka Pattanam? |
| 285 What is Amma's subtle form? |
| 286 What is Amma's main mantra and how many letters does it have? |
| 287 What are the three constellations in Amma's gross form? |
| 288 What does meditation on Vagbhava Koota accomplish? |
| 289 What does meditation on Madhya Koota or Kamaraja Koota accomplish? |
| 290 What does Shakti Koota meditation accomplish? |
| 291 How many constellations are there in Panchdashi(Amma's subtle form)? |
| 292 What is Kundalini? |
| 293 When does Kundalini enter the Jiva? |
| 294 Where does Kundalini Shakti mainly reside in us? |
| 295 How does Kundalini energy radiate to non-sadhaks? |
| 296 How does Kundalini energy flow in yogis? |
| 297 Where does Kundalini 'reach' for Brahman? |
| 298 What is the feeling of brahmajnya? |
| 299 How to practice Kundalini? |
| 300 What is Kulam? |
| 301 Name two highly enlightened sages of this period? |
| 302 How is Vasinyadi Vagdevatas compared to Kundalini Shakti? |
| 302. What is Amma's education? Who knows that? |
| 304 Who is reached by Kundalini Shakti in the Sahasrara chakra? |
| 305 What is Anushtup Chandus? |
| 306 What are Devi's favorite flowers mentioned in Lalita Sahasranamam? |
| 307 What are the seven primary energy centers in the human body? |
| 309 Who are the fan bearers of Devi? |
| 310 Why is Devi called Shailendra Tanaya? |