Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 122 of 1000: शाम्भवी · Śāmbhavī
She Who Belongs To Śambhu
Artha
What the name means
She is Śambhu's own power, named after the benign form under which Śiva is approached.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शाम्भव्यै नमः
oṃ śāmbhavyai namaḥ
om shambhavyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śāmbhavī, as part of Shloka 42. 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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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A vṛddhi derivative of śambhu with the feminine -ī, not a compound.
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 42Names 118–125
भक्तिप्रिया भक्तिगम्या भक्तिवश्या भयापहा ।
शाम्भवी शारदाराध्या शर्वाणी शर्मदायिनी ॥ ४२ ॥
bhaktipriyā bhaktigamyā bhaktivaśyā bhayāpahā
śāmbhavī śāradārādhyā śarvāṇī śarmadāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Devotion has power over her
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shambhaviom shambhavyai namah
- ITRANS
- shAmbhavIOM shAmbhavyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zAmbhavIOM zAmbhavyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శామ్భవీఓం శామ్భవ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಾಮ್ಭವೀಓಂ ಶಾಮ್ಭವ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശാമ്ഭവീഓം ശാമ്ഭവ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶாம்ப⁴வீஓம் ஶாம்ப⁴வ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શામ્ભવીૐ શામ્ભવ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শাম্ভবীওঁ শাম্ভব্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶାମ୍ଭବୀଓଁ ଶାମ୍ଭବ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ