Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 139 of 1000: निर्गुणा · Nirguṇā
Beyond The Three Strands
Artha
What the name means
The three strands that nature is woven from — clarity, motion and heaviness — are not threaded through her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्गुणायै नमः
oṃ nirguṇāyai namaḥ
om nirgunayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirguṇā, 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 the strands are absent
vigraha na vidyante guṇāḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a strand or quality, one of the three constituents of nature
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
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirgunaom nirgunayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirguNAOM nirguNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirguNAOM nirguNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్గుణాఓం నిర్గుణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ಗುಣಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ಗುಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്ഗുണാഓം നിര്ഗുണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்கு³ணாஓம் நிர்கு³ணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્ગુણાૐ નિર્ગુણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্গুণাওঁ নির্গুণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ଗୁଣାଓଁ ନିର୍ଗୁଣାୟୈ ନମଃ