Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 209 of 1000: महादेवीमहा-देवी · MahādevīMahā-devī
The Great Goddess
Artha
What the name means
Of all the goddesses she is the one from whom the title itself derives.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महादेव्यै नमः
oṃ mahādevyai namaḥ
om mahadevyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahādevī, as part of Shloka 53. 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
the goddess who is great
vigraha mahatī cāsau devī ca
great
goddess, shining one
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 53Names 205–211
सर्वयन्त्रात्मिका सर्वतन्त्ररूपा मनोन्मनी ।
माहेश्वरी महादेवी महालक्ष्मीर्मृडप्रिया ॥ ५३ ॥
sarvayantrātmikā sarvatantrarūpā manonmanī
māheśvarī mahādevī mahālakṣmīrmṛḍapriyā
Study the whole shloka: From all the diagrams and all the scriptures to the beloved of the gracious one
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahadeviom mahadevyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAdevIOM mahAdevyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAdevIOM mahAdevyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాదేవీఓం మహాదేవ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾದೇವೀಓಂ ಮಹಾದೇವ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാദേവീഓം മഹാദേവ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாதே³வீஓம் மஹாதே³வ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાદેવીૐ મહાદેવ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাদেবীওঁ মহাদেব্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଦେବୀଓଁ ମହାଦେବ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ