Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 147 of 1000: निराश्रया · Nirāśrayā
Depending On Nothing
Artha
What the name means
She leans on no one and takes no refuge, being the refuge everyone else runs to.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निराश्रयायै नमः
oṃ nirāśrayāyai namaḥ
om nirashrayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirāśrayā, as part of Shloka 45. 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 who has no support to rest on
vigraha na vidyate āśrayaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a resting place, the thing one depends on
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 45Names 144–151
नित्यमुक्ता निर्विकारा निष्प्रपञ्चा निराश्रया ।
नित्यशुद्धा नित्यबुद्धा निरवद्या निरन्तरा ॥ ४५ ॥
nityamuktā nirvikārā niṣprapañcā nirāśrayā
nityaśuddhā nityabuddhā niravadyā nirantarā
Study the whole shloka: Forever pure, forever awake, forever free
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirashrayaom nirashrayayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirAshrayAOM nirAshrayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirAzrayAOM nirAzrayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరాశ్రయాఓం నిరాశ్రయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರಾಶ್ರಯಾಓಂ ನಿರಾಶ್ರಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരാശ്രയാഓം നിരാശ്രയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிராஶ்ரயாஓம் நிராஶ்ரயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરાશ્રયાૐ નિરાશ્રયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরাশ্রয়াওঁ নিরাশ্রয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରାଶ୍ରୟାଓଁ ନିରାଶ୍ରୟାୟୈ ନମଃ