Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 156 of 1000: नीरागा · Nīrāgā
Free Of Passion
Artha
What the name means
No dye of passion takes on her, and nothing outside her can colour what she does.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नीरागायै नमः
oṃ nīrāgāyai namaḥ
om niragayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nīrāgā, 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
nis + rāga yields nīrāga: the sibilant drops before r and the preceding vowel lengthens to compensate.
she in whom there is no passion
vigraha na vidyate rāgaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
colouring or dyeing, and so passion and attachment
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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
- niragaom niragayai namah
- ITRANS
- nIrAgAOM nIrAgAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nIrAgAOM nIrAgAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నీరాగాఓం నీరాగాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನೀರಾಗಾಓಂ ನೀರಾಗಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നീരാഗാഓം നീരാഗായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நீராகா³ஓம் நீராகா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નીરાગાૐ નીરાગાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নীরাগাওঁ নীরাগায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନୀରାଗାଓଁ ନୀରାଗାୟୈ ନମଃ