Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 221 of 1000: महावीर्यामहा-वीर्या · MahāvīryāMahā-vīryā
Of Great Potency
Artha
What the name means
Her valour is the force behind every act of heroism anyone else performs.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महावीर्यायै नमः
oṃ mahāvīryāyai namaḥ
om mahaviryayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāvīryā, 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 whose virile force is great
vigraha mahad vīryaṃ yasyāḥ sā
great
manly force, valour, generative potency
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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
- mahaviryaom mahaviryayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAvIryAOM mahAvIryAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAvIryAOM mahAvIryAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహావీర్యాఓం మహావీర్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾವೀರ್ಯಾಓಂ ಮಹಾವೀರ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാവീര്യാഓം മഹാവീര്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாவீர்யாஓம் மஹாவீர்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાવીર્યાૐ મહાવીર્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাবীর্যাওঁ মহাবীর্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାବୀର୍ଯ୍ୟାଓଁ ମହାବୀର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ