Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 217 of 1000: महाशक्तिःमहा-शक्तिः · MahāśaktiḥMahā-śaktiḥ
The Great Power
Artha
What the name means
Every capacity that anything has to act is a fragment lent out of her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाशक्त्यै नमः
oṃ mahāśaktyai namaḥ
om mahashaktyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāśaktiḥ, 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 power that is great
vigraha mahatī cāsau śaktiś ca
great
power, ability, energy
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
- mahashaktihom mahashaktyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAshaktiHOM mahAshaktyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAzaktiHOM mahAzaktyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాశక్తిఃఓం మహాశక్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಶಕ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಮಹಾಶಕ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാശക്തിഃഓം മഹാശക്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாஶக்திஃஓம் மஹாஶக்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાશક્તિઃૐ મહાશક્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাশক্তিঃওঁ মহাশক্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଶକ୍ତିଃଓଁ ମହାଶକ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ