Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 223 of 1000: महाबुद्धिःमहा-बुद्धिः · MahābuddhiḥMahā-buddhiḥ
The Great Intelligence
Artha
What the name means
The faculty by which anything at all is understood is her own discernment at work.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाबुद्ध्यै नमः
oṃ mahābuddhyai namaḥ
om mahabuddhyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahābuddhiḥ, 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
intelligence in its great form
vigraha mahatī cāsau buddhiś ca
great
intelligence, reason, judgement
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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
- mahabuddhihom mahabuddhyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAbuddhiHOM mahAbuddhyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAbuddhiHOM mahAbuddhyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాబుద్ధిఃఓం మహాబుద్ధ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಬುದ್ಧಿಃಓಂ ಮಹಾಬುದ್ಧ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാബുദ്ധിഃഓം മഹാബുദ്ധ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாபு³த்³தி⁴ஃஓம் மஹாபு³த்³த்⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાબુદ્ધિઃૐ મહાબુદ્ધ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাবুদ্ধিঃওঁ মহাবুদ্ধ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାବୁଦ୍ଧିଃଓଁ ମହାବୁଦ୍ଧ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ