Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 259 of 1000: तैजसात्मिका · Taijasātmikā
Whose Self Is Taijasa
Artha
What the name means
The dreaming self that the Upaniṣads call Taijasa, lit by its own inner fire, is one of her selves.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तैजसात्मिकायै नमः
oṃ taijasātmikāyai namaḥ
om taijasatmikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, taijasātmikā, as part of Shloka 62. 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
The -ka of ātmaka already means having, so taijasātman is the compound and ātmikā a secondary formation on it. Many read the name instead as a bahuvrīhi, she whose self is Taijasa.
having the nature of the luminous dream-self
vigraha taijasasyātmikā, taijasasvarūpā
made of light, luminous; the self in the dream state
having the nature or self of
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 62Names 254–259
ध्यानध्यातृध्येयरूपा धर्माधर्मविवर्जिता ।
विश्वरूपा जागरिणी स्वपन्ती तैजसात्मिका ॥ ६२ ॥
dhyānadhyātṛdhyeyarūpā dharmādharmavivarjitā
viśvarūpā jāgariṇī svapantī taijasātmikā
Study the whole shloka: Meditation, the meditator, and the thing meditated on
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- taijasatmikaom taijasatmikayai namah
- ITRANS
- taijasAtmikAOM taijasAtmikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- taijasAtmikAOM taijasAtmikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తైజసాత్మికాఓం తైజసాత్మికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತೈಜಸಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಓಂ ತೈಜಸಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തൈജസാത്മികാഓം തൈജസാത്മികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தைஜஸாத்மிகாஓம் தைஜஸாத்மிகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તૈજસાત્મિકાૐ તૈજસાત્મિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তৈজসাত্মিকাওঁ তৈজসাত্মিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତୈଜସାତ୍ମିକାଓଁ ତୈଜସାତ୍ମିକାୟୈ ନମଃ