Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 152 of 1000: निष्कारणा · Niṣkāraṇā
Without A Cause
Artha
What the name means
Nothing produced her, so there is nothing to point at as the reason she is there.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निष्कारणायै नमः
oṃ niṣkāraṇāyai namaḥ
om nishkaranayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niṣkāraṇā, as part of Shloka 46. 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 cause
vigraha na vidyate kāraṇaṃ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a cause, that from which a thing comes to be
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 46Names 152–159
निष्कारणा निष्कलङ्का निरुपाधिर्निरीश्वरा ।
नीरागा रागमथनी निर्मदा मदनाशिनी ॥ ४६ ॥
niṣkāraṇā niṣkalaṅkā nirupādhirnirīśvarā
nīrāgā rāgamathanī nirmadā madanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Without a cause, without a master
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nishkaranaom nishkaranayai namah
- ITRANS
- niShkAraNAOM niShkAraNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niSkAraNAOM niSkAraNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిష్కారణాఓం నిష్కారణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣಾಓಂ ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഷ്കാരണാഓം നിഷ്കാരണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஷ்காரணாஓம் நிஷ்காரணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિષ્કારણાૐ નિષ્કારણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিষ্কারণাওঁ নিষ্কারণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଷ୍କାରଣାଓଁ ନିଷ୍କାରଣାୟୈ ନମଃ