Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 227 of 1000: महामन्त्रामहा-मन्त्रा · MahāmantrāMahā-mantrā
Mistress Of The Great Mantra
Artha
What the name means
The fifteen-syllabled formula that summons her is her own possession before it is anyone's practice.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महामन्त्रायै नमः
oṃ mahāmantrāyai namaḥ
om mahamantrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāmantrā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose mantra is the great one
vigraha mahān mantro yasyāḥ sā
great
sacred formula
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- mahamantraom mahamantrayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAmantrAOM mahAmantrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAmantrAOM mahAmantrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహామన్త్రాఓం మహామన్త్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಮನ್ತ್ರಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಮನ್ತ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാമന്ത്രാഓം മഹാമന്ത്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாமந்த்ராஓம் மஹாமந்த்ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહામન્ત્રાૐ મહામન્ત્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহামন্ত্রাওঁ মহামন্ত্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାମନ୍ତ୍ରାଓଁ ମହାମନ୍ତ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ