Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 176 of 1000: निर्विकल्पा · Nirvikalpā
Free Of Mental Construction
Artha
What the name means
She admits no alternatives and no invented distinctions, and is known only where the mind stops sorting.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्विकल्पायै नमः
oṃ nirvikalpāyai namaḥ
om nirvikalpayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirvikalpā, as part of Shloka 49. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she in whom there is no mental construction
vigraha na vidyate vikalpaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
an alternative, and so a mental construct or hesitation
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 49Names 176–183
निर्विकल्पा निराबाधा निर्भेदा भेदनाशिनी ।
निर्नाशा मृत्युमथनी निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहा ॥ ४९ ॥
nirvikalpā nirābādhā nirbhedā bhedanāśinī
nirnāśā mṛtyumathanī niṣkriyā niṣparigrahā
Study the whole shloka: No division, no death, no act
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirvikalpaom nirvikalpayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirvikalpAOM nirvikalpAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirvikalpAOM nirvikalpAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్వికల్పాఓం నిర్వికల్పాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ವಿಕಲ್ಪಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ವಿಕಲ್ಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്വികല്പാഓം നിര്വികല്പായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்விகல்பாஓம் நிர்விகல்பாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્વિકલ્પાૐ નિર્વિકલ્પાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্বিকল্পাওঁ নির্বিকল্পায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ୱିକଲ୍ପାଓଁ ନିର୍ୱିକଲ୍ପାୟୈ ନମଃ