Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 161 of 1000: निरहङ्कारा · Nirahaṅkārā
Without Ego
Artha
What the name means
The habit of saying 'I' has no purchase in her, and everything built on that habit goes with it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निरहङ्कारायै नमः
oṃ nirahaṅkārāyai namaḥ
om nirahankarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirahaṅkārā, as part of Shloka 47. 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 ego
vigraha na vidyate ahaṅkāraḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
the making of an 'I'
vigraha ahaṃ iti kāraḥ
I
the making, the act of producing
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 47Names 160–167
निश्चिन्ता निरहङ्कारा निर्मोहा मोहनाशिनी ।
निर्ममा ममताहन्त्री निष्पापा पापनाशिनी ॥ ४७ ॥
niścintā nirahaṅkārā nirmohā mohanāśinī
nirmamā mamatāhantrī niṣpāpā pāpanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Without I, without mine
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirahankaraom nirahankarayai namah
- ITRANS
- niraha~NkArAOM niraha~NkArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirahaGkArAOM nirahaGkArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరహఙ్కారాఓం నిరహఙ్కారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರಹಙ್ಕಾರಾಓಂ ನಿರಹಙ್ಕಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരഹങ്കാരാഓം നിരഹങ്കാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிரஹங்காராஓம் நிரஹங்காராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરહઙ્કારાૐ નિરહઙ્કારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরহঙ্কারাওঁ নিরহঙ্কারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରହଙ୍କାରାଓଁ ନିରହଙ୍କାରାୟୈ ନମଃ