Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 132 of 1000: निराधारा · Nirādhārā
Without Support
Artha
What the name means
Nothing props her up, because she is the ground on which everything else is standing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निराधारायै नमः
oṃ nirādhārāyai namaḥ
om niradharayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirādhārā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she for whom there is no support
vigraha na vidyate ādhāraḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a support, the base a thing rests on
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
- niradharaom niradharayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirAdhArAOM nirAdhArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirAdhArAOM nirAdhArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరాధారాఓం నిరాధారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರಾಧಾರಾಓಂ ನಿರಾಧಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരാധാരാഓം നിരാധാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிராதா⁴ராஓம் நிராதா⁴ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરાધારાૐ નિરાધારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরাধারাওঁ নিরাধারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରାଧାରାଓଁ ନିରାଧାରାୟୈ ନମଃ