Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 1 of 1000: श्रीमाताश्री-माता · ŚrīmātāŚrī-mātā

The Resplendent Mother

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Artha

What the name means

She is the mother of everything that is, and majesty belongs to her as naturally as warmth belongs to fire.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ श्रीमात्रे नमः

oṃ śrīmātre namaḥ

om shrimatre namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śrīmātā, as part of Shloka 1. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.

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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: śrīmātā
श्रीमाताśrīmātā

the mother who is majesty itself

vigraha śrīś cāsau mātā ca

श्रीśrī

radiance, majesty, auspicious good fortune

मातृmātṛ

mother

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 1Names 1–5

श्रीमाता श्रीमहाराज्ञी श्रीमत्सिंहासनेश्वरी ।

चिदग्निकुण्डसम्भूता देवकार्यसमुद्यता ॥ १ ॥

śrīmātā śrīmahārājñī śrīmatsiṃhāsaneśvarī

cidagnikuṇḍasambhūtā devakāryasamudyatā

Study the whole shloka: Risen from the fire of awareness

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
shrimataom shrimatre namah
ITRANS
shrImAtAOM shrImAtre namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
zrImAtAOM zrImAtre namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
శ్రీమాతాఓం శ్రీమాత్రే నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಶ್ರೀಮಾತಾಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಮಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ശ്രീമാതാഓം ശ്രീമാത്രേ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ஸ்ரீமாதாஓம் ஸ்ரீமாத்ரே நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
શ્રીમાતાૐ શ્રીમાત્રે નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
শ্রীমাতাওঁ শ্রীমাত্রে নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଶ୍ରୀମାତାଓଁ ଶ୍ରୀମାତ୍ରେ ନମଃ