Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 228 of 1000: महायन्त्रामहा-यन्त्रा · MahāyantrāMahā-yantrā
Mistress Of The Great Yantra
Artha
What the name means
The nine-triangled diagram is not a picture of her dwelling but a thing she owns and occupies.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महायन्त्रायै नमः
oṃ mahāyantrāyai namaḥ
om mahayantrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāyantrā, 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 whose diagram is the great one
vigraha mahad yantraṃ yasyāḥ sā
great
device, mystic diagram
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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
- mahayantraom mahayantrayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAyantrAOM mahAyantrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAyantrAOM mahAyantrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాయన్త్రాఓం మహాయన్త్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಯನ್ತ್ರಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಯನ್ತ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹായന്ത്രാഓം മഹായന്ത്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாயந்த்ராஓம் மஹாயந்த்ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાયન્ત્રાૐ મહાયન્ત્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাযন্ত্রাওঁ মহাযন্ত্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଯନ୍ତ୍ରାଓଁ ମହାଯନ୍ତ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ