Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 226 of 1000: महातन्त्रामहा-तन्त्रा · MahātantrāMahā-tantrā
Mistress Of The Great Tantra
Artha
What the name means
The great tantras are hers in the way a system belongs to the one it describes.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महातन्त्रायै नमः
oṃ mahātantrāyai namaḥ
om mahatantrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahātantrā, as part of Shloka 56. 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 to whom the great tantra belongs
vigraha mahat tantraṃ yasyāḥ sā
great
framework, doctrine, tantric scripture
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 56Names 226–231
महातन्त्रा महामन्त्रा महायन्त्रा महासना ।
महायागक्रमाराध्या महाभैरवपूजिता ॥ ५६ ॥
mahātantrā mahāmantrā mahāyantrā mahāsanā
mahāyāgakramārādhyā mahābhairavapūjitā
Study the whole shloka: The great tantra, the great mantra, the great diagram
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahatantraom mahatantrayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAtantrAOM mahAtantrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAtantrAOM mahAtantrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాతన్త్రాఓం మహాతన్త్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾತನ್ತ್ರಾಓಂ ಮಹಾತನ್ತ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാതന്ത്രാഓം മഹാതന്ത്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாதந்த்ராஓம் மஹாதந்த்ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાતન્ત્રાૐ મહાતન્ત્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাতন্ত্রাওঁ মহাতন্ত্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାତନ୍ତ୍ରାଓଁ ମହାତନ୍ତ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ