Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 135 of 1000: निर्मला · Nirmalā
Stainless
Artha
What the name means
She carries no dirt of either kind, neither the body's grime nor the mind's.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्मलायै नमः
oṃ nirmalāyai namaḥ
om nirmalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirmalā, as part of Shloka 44. 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
she in whom there is no impurity
vigraha na vidyate malaṃ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
dirt, filth, impurity of body or of character
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 44Names 134–143
निर्लेपा निर्मला नित्या निराकारा निराकुला ।
निर्गुणा निष्कला शान्ता निष्कामा निरुपप्लवा ॥ ४४ ॥
nirlepā nirmalā nityā nirākārā nirākulā
nirguṇā niṣkalā śāntā niṣkāmā nirupaplavā
Study the whole shloka: Ten things taken away
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirmalaom nirmalayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirmalAOM nirmalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirmalAOM nirmalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్మలాఓం నిర్మలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ಮಲಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ಮಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്മലാഓം നിര്മലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்மலாஓம் நிர்மலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્મલાૐ નિર્મલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্মলাওঁ নির্মলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ମଲାଓଁ ନିର୍ମଲାୟୈ ନମଃ