Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 1 of 1000: श्रीमाताश्री-माता · ŚrīmātāŚrī-mātā
The Resplendent Mother
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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the mother who is majesty itself
vigraha śrīś cāsau mātā ca
radiance, majesty, auspicious good fortune
mother
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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