Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 260 of 1000: सुप्ता · Suptā
The Sleeping One
Artha
What the name means
In dreamless sleep she rests as the state in which nothing at all is presented and nothing is lost.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सुप्तायै नमः
oṃ suptāyai namaḥ
om suptayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, suptā, as part of Shloka 63. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
past passive participle of √svap, 'to sleep'
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 63Names 260–267
सुप्ता प्राज्ञात्मिका तुर्या सर्वावस्थाविवर्जिता ।
सृष्टिकर्त्री ब्रह्मरूपा गोप्त्री गोविन्दरूपिणी ॥ ६३ ॥
suptā prājñātmikā turyā sarvāvasthāvivarjitā
sṛṣṭikartrī brahmarūpā goptrī govindarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The fourth, and then the first of the five acts
Chanted with it
- 261प्राज्ञात्मिकाprājñātmikāWhose Self Is Prājña
- 262तुर्याturyāThe Fourth
- 263सर्वावस्थाविवर्जिताsarvāvasthāvivarjitāFree Of Every State
- 264सृष्टिकर्त्रीsṛṣṭikartrīMaker Of Creation
- 265ब्रह्मरूपाbrahmarūpāWhose Form Is Brahmā
- 266गोप्त्रीgoptrīThe Protectress
- 267गोविन्दरूपिणीgovindarūpiṇīWhose Form Is Govinda
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- suptaom suptayai namah
- ITRANS
- suptAOM suptAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- suptAOM suptAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సుప్తాఓం సుప్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸುಪ್ತಾಓಂ ಸುಪ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സുപ്താഓം സുപ്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸுப்தாஓம் ஸுப்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સુપ્તાૐ સુપ્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সুপ্তাওঁ সুপ্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
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