Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 126 of 1000: शाङ्करी · Śāṅkarī
She Who Belongs To Śaṅkara
Artha
What the name means
She is Śaṅkara's own, the female half of the god whose name means the one who makes things well.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शाङ्कर्यै नमः
oṃ śāṅkaryai namaḥ
om shankaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śāṅkarī, as part of Shloka 43. 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
A vṛddhi derivative of śaṅkara 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 43Names 126–133
शाङ्करी श्रीकरी साध्वी शरच्चन्द्रनिभानना ।
शातोदरी शान्तिमती निराधारा निरञ्जना ॥ ४३ ॥
śāṅkarī śrīkarī sādhvī śaraccandranibhānanā
śātodarī śāntimatī nirādhārā nirañjanā
Study the whole shloka: The autumn moon, and then the turn to nothing
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shankariom shankaryai namah
- ITRANS
- shA~NkarIOM shA~Nkaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zAGkarIOM zAGkaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శాఙ్కరీఓం శాఙ్కర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಾಙ್ಕರೀಓಂ ಶಾಙ್ಕರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശാങ്കരീഓം ശാങ്കര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶாங்கரீஓம் ஶாங்கர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શાઙ્કરીૐ શાઙ્કર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শাঙ্করীওঁ শাঙ্কর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶାଙ୍କରୀଓଁ ଶାଙ୍କର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ