Svatantra: Lalitā Sahasranāma
Commentary, recitation, study
Free
All thousand names of the Lalitā Sahasranāma with commentary, full recitation at three speeds, and search by sound. Free, private, no account.
Every one of the thousand names of the Goddess, each with its own commentary. Free, with no account, no ads, and no tracking.
The Śrī Lalitā Sahasranāma is chanted across India as a single unbroken hymn, yet it is rarely explained. Most editions give the Sanskrit and a translation, then stop. This app goes further. Each of the 1,000 names has a commentary by Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan, written from the nondual Tantric tradition of Śrīvidyā taught at Svatantra Institute. Each name is read as a description of what is already true, not a state to be reached.
ALL ONE THOUSAND NAMES
Sanskrit, transliteration, literal meaning, and commentary for every name.
THE FULL RECITATION
All 183 verses at three speeds. Read along in Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, or Roman transliteration, plus Tamil with numerals for the Sanskrit sounds Tamil has no letters for. Playback continues when your screen locks.
THE FOUR DHYĀNA ŚLOKAS
The opening meditation verses, with each line highlighted as it is chanted. Each dhyāna is accompanied by an iconography image to meditate upon Lalitā Devī in that particular form.
A NAME FOR EACH DAY
One name to sit with each day, and to share if you like.
LEARN IT BY HEART
Work through the text one verse at a time, slowing it down and repeating it until you know the whole.
SEARCH THE WAY YOU HEARD IT
Find a name by meaning, by number, or by sound. Type "eshwari," and it finds īśvarī. Start with a dash to search endings: "-rūpiṇī" returns all forty names that end in it.
A PRIVATE PRACTICE JOURNAL
Write about your practice. Your entries stay on your phone.
ESSAYS
Writings from Svatantra Institute, readable inside the app.
YOUR PRIVACY
No account. No permissions requested. No advertising and no analytics. Your journal is never sent anywhere, because the app has nowhere to send it.
Free, and it will stay free.
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- KAVITHA MUGLURMATH CHINNAIYAN
- Size
- 45.6 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan