lalitopAkyhana kritis
The Lalitopakyana is a part of the Brahmanda purana. It is a list of events culminating in the vanquishing of Bandasura.The different manifestations of Devi including dandanAtha, vArAhi, who all form part of the battle.For instance the song Giti chakra is again part of the same scene where one of the attendant shaktis mounts the chariot. Kallidaikurichi VedantaBhagavatar was the first to prepare and perform a harikatha nirUpaNam on these.
The theme starts with the pilgrimage and penance of Agastya and Hayagriva appearing and describing to him the story of Lalitambika.
The themes and the kritis as per the K Sundaram Iyer book are :
parAshaktim bhaja re - dhyAnam
A series of pilgrimage kritis ending with kritis in Kanchipuram where Agastya commenced his penance.
Sri LAkshmivaraham (Kallidaikurichi)
Sri Salivatiswaram (Tirunelveli)
Sri Kanthimathim (Tirunelveli)
Sri Subrahmanyo (Tiruchendur)
Venkateswara (Sattur)
Subrahmanyena (Kazhukumalai)
Gajamba nayako (Tirupparamkunram)
Halasyanatham (Madurai)
mamava Minakshi (Madurai)
Sri Sundararajam (Azhagar koil)
Sriramam (Tiruppullani)
Ramanatham (Rameswaram)
Sri mathrubhutham (Trichy)
Rangapuravihara (Srirangam)
Jambhupate (Tiruvanaikkal)
Brihadiswaraya (Tanjavur)
Brihannayakiim (Tanjavur)
Pranatarthiharam (Tiruvaiyaru)
Kamalambike (Tiruvarur)
Soundararajam (Nagapattanam)
Sri Vidya (Mannargudi)
Sadasraye (Mayavaram)
Pahimam Rathanchala (near kulitalai)
Maragatalingam (near Kulithalai)
Nilakanthaya (near Kulithalai)
Chidambara natarajam (Chidambaram)
Govindarajam (Chidambaram)
Saileswaram (Kanchipuram)
Ekamranatham (Kanchipuram)
Nirajakshi (Kanchipuram)
Varadarajam (Kanchipuram)
Lord Vishnu appeared before Agasthaya in Kanchipurem, amnd pelased by his penance, sent Hayagriva to blessa him with Lalithopakhyana Upadesam. Lalithopakhyanam contains various episodes, and based on them Dikshitar composed some krithis as follows:
1.Durvasa's curse to Indra and his invoking Brhaspati - Brhaspate
2.Devi redeeming Indra's curse - panchashatpitarUpini
3.Amrtamathana - nilakantham bhajeham
4.lakshmi's appearance - mahalakshmi karunarasa lahari
5.mohini's appearance , rahu and ketu .. This is where the interesting issue that the Rahu and ketu kritis were not part of the original navagraha kritis but part of this series comes in..
6.hariharaputra jananam - hariharaputram
7.daksha yagam - dakshayani
8.destruction of dakshya yaga- rudrakopa
9.parameshwara in penance - shri dakshinamurti
10.burning of manmata shri kalahastisha, shri vishvanatham
11.birth of bandasura and amba coming out of the chidagni kunda- paradevate - hUshAni
12.devas praising amba - mantra kriti
13.Adopting of the name kameshwari, marriage with kameshwara and pattabhishekha - kameshwarena and shri maharajni
14.patnapravesha - kusumakara vimanaruDam
15.sitting on the throne - simhAsanastite
16.Slaying of Bandasura
These are on the following Shaktis :
sampatkari - kAmAkshim kalyANIM
Ashvaruda - abhayAMbikAyai
mantrini - gIti chakra
dandini - daNDanAthayA
shulini - shrI shUlinIM
vanadurga - shrI dum durge
pratyangira - pratyangirA bhagavatIM
baghmalini nakuli - navaratna mAlinIm
jvalamalini - lalitAmbikAyai
on tiraskarini who restores the shaktis - shri natha sodarim
balambika slaying the son of bandasura - balambikayA
mahaganapati breaking the vignayantras of banda- hastivadanAya
dashavataras emanating from the fingernails-madhavo mam patu
bandasura samhara- lalitAmbikAm