Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 222 of 1000: महाबलामहा-बला · MahābalāMahā-balā
Of Great Strength
Artha
What the name means
Strength does not have to be summoned in her, since she is where it comes from.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाबलायै नमः
oṃ mahābalāyai namaḥ
om mahabalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahābalā, 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 possesses great strength
vigraha mahad balaṃ yasyāḥ sā
great
strength, force, might
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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
- mahabalaom mahabalayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAbalAOM mahAbalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAbalAOM mahAbalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాబలాఓం మహాబలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಬಲಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಬಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാബലാഓം മഹാബലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாப³லாஓம் மஹாப³லாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાબલાૐ મહાબલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাবলাওঁ মহাবলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାବଲାଓଁ ମହାବଲାୟୈ ନମଃ