Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 153 of 1000: निष्कलङ्का · Niṣkalaṅkā
Spotless
Artha
What the name means
Not a mark shows anywhere on her, as the moon would look with its dark patch wiped off.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निष्कलङ्कायै नमः
oṃ niṣkalaṅkāyai namaḥ
om nishkalankayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niṣkalaṅkā, 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 on whom there is no spot
vigraha na vidyate kalaṅkaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a spot or stain, and so a blot on one's name
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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
- nishkalankaom nishkalankayai namah
- ITRANS
- niShkala~NkAOM niShkala~NkAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niSkalaGkAOM niSkalaGkAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిష్కలఙ్కాఓం నిష్కలఙ్కాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕಲಙ್ಕಾಓಂ ನಿಷ್ಕಲಙ್ಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഷ്കലങ്കാഓം നിഷ്കലങ്കായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஷ்கலங்காஓம் நிஷ்கலங்காயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિષ્કલઙ્કાૐ નિષ્કલઙ્કાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিষ্কলঙ্কাওঁ নিষ্কলঙ্কায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଷ୍କଲଙ୍କାଓଁ ନିଷ୍କଲଙ୍କାୟୈ ନମଃ