Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 216 of 1000: महासत्त्वामहा-सत्त्वा · MahāsattvāMahā-sattvā
Of Great Being
Artha
What the name means
Purity, courage and sheer existence are in her without measure.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महासत्त्वायै नमः
oṃ mahāsattvāyai namaḥ
om mahasattvayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāsattvā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who possesses great being
vigraha mahat sattvaṃ yasyāḥ sā
great, abundant
being, essence; the strand of purity and strength
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
- mahasattvaom mahasattvayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAsattvAOM mahAsattvAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAsattvAOM mahAsattvAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాసత్త్వాఓం మహాసత్త్వాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಸತ್ತ್ವಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಸತ್ತ್ವಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാസത്ത്വാഓം മഹാസത്ത്വായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாஸத்த்வாஓம் மஹாஸத்த்வாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાસત્ત્વાૐ મહાસત્ત્વાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাসত্ত্বাওঁ মহাসত্ত্বায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାସତ୍ତ୍ୱାଓଁ ମହାସତ୍ତ୍ୱାୟୈ ନମଃ