Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 142 of 1000: निष्कामा · Niṣkāmā
Free Of Desire
Artha
What the name means
She wants for nothing, having no hollow in her that a wish could be poured into.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निष्कामायै नमः
oṃ niṣkāmāyai namaḥ
om nishkamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niṣkāmā, 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 desire
vigraha na vidyate kāmaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
desire, the longing for what one lacks
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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
- nishkamaom nishkamayai namah
- ITRANS
- niShkAmAOM niShkAmAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niSkAmAOM niSkAmAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిష్కామాఓం నిష్కామాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮಾಓಂ ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഷ്കാമാഓം നിഷ്കാമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஷ்காமாஓம் நிஷ்காமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિષ્કામાૐ નિષ્કામાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিষ্কামাওঁ নিষ্কামায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଷ୍କାମାଓଁ ନିଷ୍କାମାୟୈ ନମଃ