Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 180 of 1000: निर्नाशा · Nirnāśā
Imperishable
Artha
What the name means
She does not perish, since there is nothing in her that could go missing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निर्नाशायै नमः
oṃ nirnāśāyai namaḥ
om nirnashayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirnāśā, 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 for whom there is no destruction
vigraha na vidyate nāśaḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
loss, disappearance, destruction
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
- nirnashaom nirnashayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirnAshAOM nirnAshAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirnAzAOM nirnAzAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిర్నాశాఓం నిర్నాశాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರ್ನಾಶಾಓಂ ನಿರ್ನಾಶಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിര്നാശാഓം നിര്നാശായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிர்னாஶாஓம் நிர்னாஶாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિર્નાશાૐ નિર્નાશાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নির্নাশাওঁ নির্নাশায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିର୍ନାଶାଓଁ ନିର୍ନାଶାୟୈ ନମଃ