Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 149 of 1000: नित्यबुद्धानित्य-बुद्धा · NityabuddhāNitya-buddhā
Forever Awake
Artha
What the name means
She never nods off to herself, and her knowing has no first moment to date it from.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नित्यबुद्धायै नमः
oṃ nityabuddhāyai namaḥ
om nityabuddhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nityabuddhā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
perpetually awakened
vigraha nityaṃ buddhā
constant, perpetual
awakened, awake, aware
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
- nityabuddhaom nityabuddhayai namah
- ITRANS
- nityabuddhAOM nityabuddhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nityabuddhAOM nityabuddhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిత్యబుద్ధాఓం నిత్యబుద్ధాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಬುದ್ಧಾಓಂ ನಿತ್ಯಬುದ್ಧಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിത്യബുദ്ധാഓം നിത്യബുദ്ധായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நித்யபு³த்³தா⁴ஓம் நித்யபு³த்³தா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિત્યબુદ્ધાૐ નિત્યબુદ્ધાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিত্যবুদ্ধাওঁ নিত্যবুদ্ধায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିତ୍ୟବୁଦ୍ଧାଓଁ ନିତ୍ୟବୁଦ୍ଧାୟୈ ନମଃ