Ardhanareeswara Sahasranamam

Author’s Foreword

The inspiration for writing both Sahasranamam and the Trisati on Ardhanareeswara, that too in two different versions, Sanskrit and Tamil came by way of Ordainment from the Supreme.

As a practicing astrologer from a very young age[as a free service] I had also been suggesting Pariharams and always insisted that the concerned persons be involved directly. I also ensured that the Purohit who helps, is also a person who is doing it sincerely and not for what he is being paid for. From my experience, the pariharam, be it Lalitha Sahasranamam or Vishnu Sahasranamam suggested as per the Individuals horoscope, brings assured results if the person does it with sincere devotion/surrender. I have been a Sri Vidya Upasakan for almost 40yrs . I was ordained to compose the Trisati way back in late 1990s which was presented as a Shadsati- alternate Archana Namas of Siva and Devi, at the Siva Vishnu temple, Washington DC., on 15th Jan 2002. Subsequently, I converted the same into Trisati resulting in the blog:http://ardhanareeswaratrisati.blogspot.com

I added the Tamil version based mostly on the Paadal Petra Sthalangal of Tamil Nadu. The intention was to make sure there is no mispronunciation of the naamaas by those who do not know Sanskrit. I had suggested the Tamil archana as pariharam for specific periods to those who approached me for various difficulties. I was really moved with their positive results and heart felt responses.

Some time in October 2008, I was again ordained by the Supreme to write this Sahasra Naamam. Initially, I was not confident but I sought permission to write, again both in Sanskrit and Tamil. The reason was, I had enough Literature and had compiled from Google Search, much of Gyanasambandar, Thirunaavukkarasar , Appar and Sundarar’s contributions. I also got a lot of information on Lord Siva from the extensive bibliography as listed below.

Hence I am privileged to present to the Aasthikas the Ardhanareeswara Sahasranaamam in Sanskrit closely on the heels of my Tamil Sahasranaamam as 1000 potris, already under blog, http://www.ardanareeswarasahasranaamam.blogspot.com/ as of July 6, 2009.

In the present two blogs, the Tamil version was based on the Siva Temples and the Sanskrit Version is based on the Siva Sahasra Naamam documented in Mahabharat. This specific Version Siva Rudrayamala 3 is supposed to have been composed by Lord Krishna for Arjuna prior to Geethopadesam.

I have used this as base and tried to make sure that every Devi Nama matches in meaning or compliments the Siva Nama, or at least is in proper Rhyme with the particular Siva Nama. There are several names of Siva for which it is not easy to match a Devi name. In such cases, I have used names that will auger well in the context. Most Devi names have been taken from, Lalitha Sahasranamam and Trisati, Devi Purana, Devi Mahathmeeyam, Durga, Gowri, Gayathri, Parvathi, Lakshmi and Saraswathi Sahasranamam as well as from the corresponding Ashtothrams. One will also find quite a few names

which have been compounded by me to get a close match for the Siva Name.

As mentioned in my Tamil Sahasranama Blog, there is extensive literature on Siva under “Ardhanareeswara”, “Siva Thathva Rahasyam” etc which can be got both in Google Search and in Wikipedia. These documentations run to thousands of pages/GBs. Ardhanareeswara is listed under 4 different spellings too.

I have detailed the puja procedure under blog on Trisati http://www.ardhanareeswaratrisati.blogspot.com/ of July 2007.

As mentioned in my Tamil Sahasranaamam blog and to quote from English Literature, King Arthur and his Knight (TENNYSON ) “ More things are wrought by Prayer than this world dreams off” and “the whole world is bound by gold chain about the feet of God”. I would like to state, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN WE SURRENDER TOTALLY TO THE SUPREME.

I have used Mylai True fonts compatible with windows 95 and above (but not vista) for Tamil(ref.36) and Sanskrit 99 (ref.34) for Sanskrit. However the blog is user friendly and the material is printable directly.

I wish every one, all prosperity and happiness.

Dr. M. Srinivasan

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Abhivandanam

Ardhanareeswara Sahasranamam (Sanskrit)