I tried my level best to get this ready before the start of Navaratri.
But I could finish only after.
Here I am providing both Tamil and Devanagari versions of Epub for download.
While doing this, I came across one youtube clip in which Maha periyava explains about Sri Lalita Sahasranamam. I have the audio of this, but thanks to Mr Ramani Vishwanaath Ramalingam, for uploading to youtube for everybody's benefit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prqccWxhBiA
Sri Lalitha Sahasranama and especially Lalitha Trishati are often linked to Srividya, which is taught only to eligible sadhaka. Srividya is taught in a hierarchy. In the first level Srividya mantra is taught. In the next level Lalitha Trishati is taught. Sri Vidya's 15 syllables are concealed in Lalitha Trishati. Lord Hayagreeva tells sage Agasthya that Lalitha's three hundred names are a concelaed form of fifteen syllable Srividya. These three hundred names are divided into groups of twenty, each biginning with consecutive letters of fifteen syllable Srividya.
Compared to Lalita Sahasranam, Laitha Trishati requires higher qualification. In Lalitha Sahasranama, it is fully concealed to protect the ordinary devotee. But Lalitha sahasranama is more elaborate. I understand that Lalitha Sahasranama can be chanted by everybody, but not Lalitha Trishati.
Bibliography
Auspicious Wisdom-The texts and traditions of Srividya Sakta tantrism in South India, by Douglas Renfrew Brooks, State University of New York Press.
Link to download Lalitha Sahasranama - Tamil ebook (epub) - download
Link to download Lalitha Sahasranama - Sanskrit ebook (epub) - download
Acknowledgements
These epubs were converted from the itx version of these documnets from Sanskrit Documents Collection website - sanskritdocuments.org.
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