Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 128 of 1000: साध्वी · Sādhvī
The Virtuous One
Artha
What the name means
She is straight and true in conduct, the standard by which a good woman is measured.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ साध्व्यै नमः
oṃ sādhvyai namaḥ
om sadhvyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sādhvī, 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
The feminine of sādhu, 'straight, right, good'.
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
- sadhviom sadhvyai namah
- ITRANS
- sAdhvIOM sAdhvyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sAdhvIOM sAdhvyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సాధ్వీఓం సాధ్వ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸಾಧ್ವೀಓಂ ಸಾಧ್ವ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സാധ്വീഓം സാധ്വ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸாத்⁴வீஓம் ஸாத்⁴வ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સાધ્વીૐ સાધ્વ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সাধ্বীওঁ সাধ্ব্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସାଧ୍ୱୀଓଁ ସାଧ୍ୱ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ