Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 196 of 1000: सर्वज्ञा · Sarvajñā
All-Knowing
Artha
What the name means
Nothing falls outside what she knows, and she waits on no one to report it to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सर्वज्ञायै नमः
oṃ sarvajñāyai namaḥ
om sarvajnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sarvajñā, as part of Shloka 51. 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
An upapada tatpuruṣa: the root-noun -jña takes the preceding member as its object.
knowing everything
vigraha sarvaṃ jānāti iti
all, every, the whole
knowing, one who knows
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 51Names 193–198
दुष्टदूरा दुराचारशमनी दोषवर्जिता ।
सर्वज्ञा सान्द्रकरुणा समानाधिकवर्जिता ॥ ५१ ॥
duṣṭadūrā durācāraśamanī doṣavarjitā
sarvajñā sāndrakaruṇā samānādhikavarjitā
Study the whole shloka: Thick compassion
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sarvajnaom sarvajnayai namah
- ITRANS
- sarvaj~nAOM sarvaj~nAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sarvajJAOM sarvajJAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సర్వజ్ఞాఓం సర్వజ్ఞాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞಾಓಂ ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സര്വജ്ഞാഓം സര്വജ്ഞായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸர்வஜ்ஞாஓம் ஸர்வஜ்ஞாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સર્વજ્ઞાૐ સર્વજ્ઞાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সর্বজ্ঞাওঁ সর্বজ্ঞায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସର୍ୱଜ୍ଞାଓଁ ସର୍ୱଜ୍ଞାୟୈ ନମଃ