Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 220 of 1000: महैश्वर्या · Mahaiśvaryā
Of Great Sovereignty
Artha
What the name means
The eight powers that yogins strain toward are simply the ordinary furniture of her rule.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महैश्वर्यायै नमः
oṃ mahaiśvaryāyai namaḥ
om mahaishvaryayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahaiśvaryā, as part of Shloka 55. 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 holds great dominion
vigraha mahad aiśvaryaṃ yasyāḥ sā
great
lordship, dominion, superhuman power
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 55Names 219–225
महाभोगा महैश्वर्या महावीर्या महाबला ।
महाबुद्धिर्महासिद्धिर्महायोगेश्वरेश्वरी ॥ ५५ ॥
mahābhogā mahaiśvaryā mahāvīryā mahābalā
mahābuddhirmahāsiddhirmahāyogeśvareśvarī
Study the whole shloka: Six goods of practice, and the sovereign of those who obtain them
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahaishvaryaom mahaishvaryayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahaishvaryAOM mahaishvaryAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahaizvaryAOM mahaizvaryAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహైశ్వర్యాఓం మహైశ్వర్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹೈಶ್ವರ್ಯಾಓಂ ಮಹೈಶ್ವರ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹൈശ്വര്യാഓം മഹൈശ്വര്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹைஶ்வர்யாஓம் மஹைஶ்வர்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહૈશ્વર્યાૐ મહૈશ્વર્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহৈশ্বর্যাওঁ মহৈশ্বর্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହୈଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟାଓଁ ମହୈଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ