Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 210 of 1000: महालक्ष्मीःमहा-लक्ष्मीः · MahālakṣmīḥMahā-lakṣmīḥ
The Great Lakṣmī
Artha
What the name means
As Mahālakṣmī she is fortune at its source, not the small luck that comes and goes.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमः
oṃ mahālakṣmyai namaḥ
om mahalakshmyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahālakṣmīḥ, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Lakṣmī in her great form
vigraha mahatī cāsau lakṣmīś ca
great
Lakṣmī, good fortune, prosperity
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
- mahalakshmihom mahalakshmyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAlakShmIHOM mahAlakShmyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAlakSmIHOM mahAlakSmyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాలక్ష్మీఃఓం మహాలక్ష్మ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃಓಂ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാലക്ഷ്മീഃഓം മഹാലക്ഷ്മ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாலக்ஷ்மீஃஓம் மஹாலக்ஷ்ம்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાલક્ષ્મીઃૐ મહાલક્ષ્મ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহালক্ষ্মীঃওঁ মহালক্ষ্ম্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀଃଓଁ ମହାଲକ୍ଷ୍ମ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ