Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 133 of 1000: निरञ्जना · Nirañjanā
Unstained
Artha
What the name means
No pigment takes on her; she goes through the world without picking up its colour.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निरञ्जनायै नमः
oṃ nirañjanāyai namaḥ
om niranjanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirañjanā, 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
she on whom there is no smear
vigraha na vidyate añjanaṃ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
an ointment or dark pigment, and so a smear or stain
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
- niranjanaom niranjanayai namah
- ITRANS
- nira~njanAOM nira~njanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niraJjanAOM niraJjanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరఞ్జనాఓం నిరఞ్జనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರಞ್ಜನಾಓಂ ನಿರಞ್ಜನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരഞ്ജനാഓം നിരഞ്ജനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிரஞ்ஜனாஓம் நிரஞ்ஜனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરઞ્જનાૐ નિરઞ્જનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরঞ্জনাওঁ নিরঞ্জনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରଞ୍ଜନାଓଁ ନିରଞ୍ଜନାୟୈ ନମଃ