Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 182 of 1000: निष्क्रिया · Niṣkriyā
Without Action
Artha
What the name means
She does nothing at all and everything is done, since she has no ends left to pursue.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निष्क्रियायै नमः
oṃ niṣkriyāyai namaḥ
om nishkriyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niṣkriyā, 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 activity
vigraha na vidyate kriyā yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
action, a deed performed, a rite
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
- nishkriyaom nishkriyayai namah
- ITRANS
- niShkriyAOM niShkriyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niSkriyAOM niSkriyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిష్క్రియాఓం నిష్క్రియాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯಾಓಂ ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഷ്ക്രിയാഓം നിഷ്ക്രിയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஷ்க்ரியாஓம் நிஷ்க்ரியாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિષ્ક્રિયાૐ નિષ્ક્રિયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিষ্ক্রিয়াওঁ নিষ্ক্রিয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିୟାଓଁ ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିୟାୟୈ ନମଃ