Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 140 of 1000: निष्कला · Niṣkalā
Without Parts
Artha
What the name means
She does not come in portions; there is no fraction of her that could be held on its own.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निष्कलायै नमः
oṃ niṣkalāyai namaḥ
om nishkalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niṣkalā, 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.
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 who has no parts
vigraha na vidyante kalāḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a part, a portion, a single digit of a whole
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
- nishkalaom nishkalayai namah
- ITRANS
- niShkalAOM niShkalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niSkalAOM niSkalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిష్కలాఓం నిష్కలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕಲಾಓಂ ನಿಷ್ಕಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഷ്കലാഓം നിഷ്കലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஷ்கலாஓம் நிஷ்கலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિષ્કલાૐ નિષ્કલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিষ্কলাওঁ নিষ্কলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଷ୍କଲାଓଁ ନିଷ୍କଲାୟୈ ନମଃ