Vishnu.Sahasranama.with.the.Bhasya.of.Sankaracharya_text

deals elaborately with the rules for performing the worship
of Vishnu by these 1,000 names, offering flowers, such as
ThulasI, Bilva, Nandyavarta, Padma, Mallika, JatI,
Ponnaga and Satapatra, for each name. The worship
should be performed, if not daily, at least on one's own
birthdays, eclipse days, birth constellations, the entering
of the sun from one Zodiac to another, and to ward off
troubles, due to planets, the anger of kings, great diseases
and the troubles of enemies. This Archana may be
performed also when one requires Dharma, sons, wealth
and other desired objects. 1
Om! Santih, Santih, Santih
Ocother, 1926 R. A. SASTRY
1 90 names are repeated in this hymn ; of them, 74 are repeated
twice, 14 thrice aud 2 four times. I have marked them in their proper
places. In Lalith SaJtasranama alone we do not find such repetition
this hymn is treated as " mantras " whereas all the others are
" stotras ".
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