Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 155 of 1000: निरीश्वरा · Nirīśvarā
Having No Master
Artha
What the name means
There is no lord set over her; the chain of authority ends where she begins.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निरीश्वरायै नमः
oṃ nirīśvarāyai namaḥ
om nirishvarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirīśvarā, 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 over whom there is no lord
vigraha na vidyate īśvaraḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a lord, one with power over another
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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
- nirishvaraom nirishvarayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirIshvarAOM nirIshvarAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirIzvarAOM nirIzvarAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరీశ్వరాఓం నిరీశ్వరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರೀಶ್ವರಾಓಂ ನಿರೀಶ್ವರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരീശ്വരാഓം നിരീശ്വരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிரீஶ்வராஓம் நிரீஶ்வராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરીશ્વરાૐ નિરીશ્વરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরীশ্বরাওঁ নিরীশ্বরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରୀଶ୍ୱରାଓଁ ନିରୀଶ୍ୱରାୟୈ ନମଃ