Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 136 of 1000: नित्या · Nityā
The Eternal
Artha
What the name means
She does not start and does not stop; she simply goes on.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नित्यायै नमः
oṃ nityāyai namaḥ
om nityayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nityā, 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
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 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
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nityaom nityayai namah
- ITRANS
- nityAOM nityAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nityAOM nityAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిత్యాఓం నిత్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಾಓಂ ನಿತ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിത്യാഓം നിത്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நித்யாஓம் நித்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિત્યાૐ નિત્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিত্যাওঁ নিত্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିତ୍ୟାଓଁ ନିତ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ