Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 1000 of 1000: ललिताम्बिका · Lalitāmbikā
Mother Lalitā
Artha
What the name means
The last of the thousand gathers all the rest into a single address: Lalitā, the one at play, who is Mother.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ललिताम्बिकायै नमः
oṃ lalitāmbikāyai namaḥ
om lalitambikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, lalitāmbikā, as part of Shloka 182. 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
Lalitā who is the mother
vigraha lalitā cāsāv ambikā ca
Lalitā, the graceful one, she who is at play
mother, good woman
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 182Names 994–1000
आबालगोपविदिता सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्यशासना ।
श्रीचक्रराजनिलया श्रीमत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरी ।
श्रीशिवा शिवशक्त्यैक्यरूपिणी ललिताम्बिका ।
एवं श्रीललिता देव्या नाम्नां साहस्रकं जगुः ॥ १८२ ॥
ābālagopaviditā sarvānullaṅghyaśāsanā
śrīcakrarājanilayā śrīmattripurasundarī
śrīśivā śivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇī lalitāmbikā
evaṃ śrīlalitā devyā nāmnāṃ sāhasrakaṃ jaguḥ
Study the whole shloka: The thousandth name, and the line that closes the singing
Chanted with it
- 994आबालगोपविदिताābālagopaviditāKnown To Child And Cowherd
- 995सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्यशासनाsarvānullaṅghyaśāsanāWhose Command None Transgresses
- 996श्रीचक्रराजनिलयाśrīcakrarājanilayāDwelling In The Sovereign Śrīcakra
- 997श्रीमत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरीśrīmattripurasundarīThe Glorious Tripurasundarī
- 998श्रीशिवाśrīśivāThe Blessed Śivā
- 999शिवशक्त्यैक्यरूपिणीśivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇīForm Of Śiva-Śakti Union
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- lalitambikaom lalitambikayai namah
- ITRANS
- lalitAmbikAOM lalitAmbikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- lalitAmbikAOM lalitAmbikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- లలితామ్బికాఓం లలితామ్బికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಲಲಿತಾಮ್ಬಿಕಾಓಂ ಲಲಿತಾಮ್ಬಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ലലിതാമ്ബികാഓം ലലിതാമ്ബികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- லலிதாம்பி³காஓம் லலிதாம்பி³காயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- લલિતામ્બિકાૐ લલિતામ્બિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ললিতাম্বিকাওঁ ললিতাম্বিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଲଲିତାମ୍ବିକାଓଁ ଲଲିତାମ୍ବିକାୟୈ ନମଃ