Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 158 of 1000: निर्मदा · Nirmadā
Free Of Intoxication
Artha
What the name means
No rush of pride goes to her head, and she never acts out of that kind of heat.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्मदायै नमः
oṃ nirmadāyai namaḥ
om nirmadayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirmadā, 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 in whom there is no intoxication
vigraha na vidyate madaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
intoxication, rapture, and so arrogance
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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
- nirmadaom nirmadayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirmadAOM nirmadAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirmadAOM nirmadAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్మదాఓం నిర్మదాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ಮದಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ಮದಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്മദാഓം നിര്മദായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்மதா³ஓம் நிர்மதா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્મદાૐ નિર્મદાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্মদাওঁ নির্মদায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ମଦାଓଁ ନିର୍ମଦାୟୈ ନମଃ