Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 215 of 1000: महामायामहा-माया · MahāmāyāMahā-māyā
The Great Illusion
Artha
What the name means
The power that makes one appear as many is not a defect in the world but her deliberate art.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महामायायै नमः
oṃ mahāmāyāyai namaḥ
om mahamayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāmāyā, as part of Shloka 54. 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 great magical power
vigraha mahatī cāsau māyā ca
great
supernatural artifice, illusion-making power
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 54Names 212–218
महारूपा महापूज्या महापातकनाशिनी ।
महामाया महासत्त्वा महाशक्तिर्महारतिः ॥ ५४ ॥
mahārūpā mahāpūjyā mahāpātakanāśinī
mahāmāyā mahāsattvā mahāśaktirmahāratiḥ
Study the whole shloka: Seven great-names, from mortal sin to the great delight
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahamayaom mahamayayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAmAyAOM mahAmAyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAmAyAOM mahAmAyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహామాయాఓం మహామాయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಮಾಯಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಮಾಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാമായാഓം മഹാമായായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
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- ગુજરાતીGujarati
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- বাংলাBengali
- মহামায়াওঁ মহামায়ায়ৈ নমঃ
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- ମହାମାୟାଓଁ ମହାମାୟାୟୈ ନମଃ