Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 148 of 1000: नित्यशुद्धानित्य-शुद्धा · NityaśuddhāNitya-śuddhā
Forever Pure
Artha
What the name means
Her purity is not the result of any washing; it has never at any point been otherwise.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नित्यशुद्धायै नमः
oṃ nityaśuddhāyai namaḥ
om nityashuddhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nityaśuddhā, 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.
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
perpetually pure
vigraha nityaṃ śuddhā
constant, perpetual
cleansed, clear, unmixed
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- nityashuddhaom nityashuddhayai namah
- ITRANS
- nityashuddhAOM nityashuddhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nityazuddhAOM nityazuddhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిత్యశుద్ధాఓం నిత్యశుద్ధాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಶುದ್ಧಾಓಂ ನಿತ್ಯಶುದ್ಧಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിത്യശുദ്ധാഓം നിത്യശുദ്ധായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நித்யஶுத்³தா⁴ஓம் நித்யஶுத்³தா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિત્યશુદ્ધાૐ નિત્યશુદ્ધાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিত্যশুদ্ধাওঁ নিত্যশুদ্ধায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିତ୍ୟଶୁଦ୍ଧାଓଁ ନିତ୍ୟଶୁଦ୍ଧାୟୈ ନମଃ