Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 151 of 1000: निरन्तरा · Nirantarā
Without A Gap
Artha
What the name means
She runs on unbroken, with no interval anywhere in her, in space or in time.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निरन्तरायै नमः
oṃ nirantarāyai namaḥ
om nirantarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirantarā, 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
she in whom there is no interval
vigraha na vidyate antaraṃ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
an interval, a space or gap between
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
- nirantaraom nirantarayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirantarAOM nirantarAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirantarAOM nirantarAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరన్తరాఓం నిరన్తరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರನ್ತರಾಓಂ ನಿರನ್ತರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരന്തരാഓം നിരന്തരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிரந்தராஓம் நிரந்தராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરન્તરાૐ નિરન્તરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরন্তরাওঁ নিরন্তরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରନ୍ତରାଓଁ ନିରନ୍ତରାୟୈ ନମଃ