Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 174 of 1000: निर्भवा · Nirbhavā
Free Of Becoming
Artha
What the name means
She never comes into being, and so she stands outside the turning of birth and death.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्भवायै नमः
oṃ nirbhavāyai namaḥ
om nirbhavayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirbhavā, as part of Shloka 48. 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 coming to be
vigraha na vidyate bhavaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
coming into being, worldly existence
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 48Names 168–175
निष्क्रोधा क्रोधशमनी निर्लोभा लोभनाशिनी ।
निःसंशया संशयघ्नी निर्भवा भवनाशिनी ॥ ४८ ॥
niṣkrodhā krodhaśamanī nirlobhā lobhanāśinī
niḥsaṃśayā saṃśayaghnī nirbhavā bhavanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Anger, greed, doubt, and becoming
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirbhavaom nirbhavayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirbhavAOM nirbhavAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirbhavAOM nirbhavAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్భవాఓం నిర్భవాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ಭವಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ಭವಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്ഭവാഓം നിര്ഭവായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்ப⁴வாஓம் நிர்ப⁴வாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્ભવાૐ નિર્ભવાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্ভবাওঁ নির্ভবায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ଭବାଓଁ ନିର୍ଭବାୟୈ ନମଃ