Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 164 of 1000: निर्ममा · Nirmamā
Without 'Mine'
Artha
What the name means
She calls nothing her own, and for that reason nothing can be taken from her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्ममायै नमः
oṃ nirmamāyai namaḥ
om nirmamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirmamā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
mama is the genitive of aham, 'I', standing here as a nominal member of the compound.
she in whom there is no sense of 'mine'
vigraha na vidyate mama iti bhāvaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
'mine', the claim that a thing is one's own
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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
- nirmamaom nirmamayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirmamAOM nirmamAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirmamAOM nirmamAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్మమాఓం నిర్మమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ಮಮಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ಮಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്മമാഓം നിര്മമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்மமாஓம் நிர்மமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્મમાૐ નિર્મમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্মমাওঁ নির্মমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ମମାଓଁ ନିର୍ମମାୟୈ ନମଃ