Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 184 of 1000: निस्तुला · Nistulā
Beyond Comparison
Artha
What the name means
No balance can weigh her, because there is nothing to put in the other pan.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निस्तुलायै नमः
oṃ nistulāyai namaḥ
om nistulayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nistulā, as part of Shloka 50. 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 for whom there is no counterweight
vigraha na vidyate tulā yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
a balance or scale, and so equality and comparison
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 50Names 184–192
निस्तुला नीलचिकुरा निरपाया निरत्यया ।
दुर्लभा दुर्गमा दुर्गा दुःखहन्त्री सुखप्रदा ॥ ५० ॥
nistulā nīlacikurā nirapāyā niratyayā
durlabhā durgamā durgā duḥkhahantrī sukhapradā
Study the whole shloka: The end of the negations, and Durgā
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nistulaom nistulayai namah
- ITRANS
- nistulAOM nistulAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nistulAOM nistulAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిస్తులాఓం నిస్తులాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಸ್ತುಲಾಓಂ ನಿಸ್ತುಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിസ്തുലാഓം നിസ്തുലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஸ்துலாஓம் நிஸ்துலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિસ્તુલાૐ નિસ્તુલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিস্তুলাওঁ নিস্তুলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିସ୍ତୁଲାଓଁ ନିସ୍ତୁଲାୟୈ ନମଃ