Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 232 of 1000: महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिणीमहेश्वर-महा-कल्प-महा-ताण्डव-साक्षिणी · MaheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇīMaheśvara-mahā-kalpa-mahā-tāṇḍava-sākṣiṇī
Witness Of Śiva's Dance At The Great Dissolution
Artha
What the name means
When the worlds end and Śiva dances them out of existence, she alone remains as the onlooker.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिण्यै नमः
oṃ maheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇyai namaḥ
om maheshvaramahakalpamahatandavasakshinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, maheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇī, as part of Shloka 57. 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
witness of the great tāṇḍava of Maheśvara at the great dissolution
vigraha maheśvarasya mahākalpe mahātāṇḍavasya sākṣiṇī
the great lord, Śiva
vigraha mahāṃś cāsāv īśvaraś ca
great
lord, ruler
the great world-period ending in dissolution
vigraha mahāṃś cāsau kalpaś ca
great
a world-age, the span between creation and dissolution
the great frenzied dance
vigraha mahac ca tat tāṇḍavaṃ ca
great
violent dance, the dance of Śiva
eye-witness, she who looks on
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 57Names 232–234
महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिणी ।
महाकामेशमहिषी महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी ॥ ५७ ॥
maheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇī
mahākāmeśamahiṣī mahātripurasundarī
Study the whole shloka: Witness of the dance at the end of the world
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- maheshvaramahakalpamahatandavasakshiniom maheshvaramahakalpamahatandavasakshinyai namah
- ITRANS
- maheshvaramahAkalpamahAtANDavasAkShiNIOM maheshvaramahAkalpamahAtANDavasAkShiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahezvaramahAkalpamahAtANDavasAkSiNIOM mahezvaramahAkalpamahAtANDavasAkSiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహేశ్వరమహాకల్పమహాతాణ్డవసాక్షిణీఓం మహేశ్వరమహాకల్పమహాతాణ్డవసాక్షిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಮಹಾಕಲ್ಪಮಹಾತಾಣ್ಡವಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣೀಓಂ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಮಹಾಕಲ್ಪಮಹಾತಾಣ್ಡವಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹേശ്വരമഹാകല്പമഹാതാണ്ഡവസാക്ഷിണീഓം മഹേശ്വരമഹാകല്പമഹാതാണ്ഡവസാക്ഷിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹேஶ்வரமஹாகல்பமஹாதாண்ட³வஸாக்ஷிணீஓம் மஹேஶ்வரமஹாகல்பமஹாதாண்ட³வஸாக்ஷிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહેશ્વરમહાકલ્પમહાતાણ્ડવસાક્ષિણીૐ મહેશ્વરમહાકલ્પમહાતાણ્ડવસાક્ષિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহেশ্বরমহাকল্পমহাতাণ্ডবসাক্ষিণীওঁ মহেশ্বরমহাকল্পমহাতাণ্ডবসাক্ষিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହେଶ୍ୱରମହାକଲ୍ପମହାତାଣ୍ଡବସାକ୍ଷିଣୀଓଁ ମହେଶ୍ୱରମହାକଲ୍ପମହାତାଣ୍ଡବସାକ୍ଷିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ