Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 264 of 1000: सृष्टिकर्त्रीसृष्टि-कर्त्री · SṛṣṭikartrīSṛṣṭi-kartrī
Maker Of Creation
Artha
What the name means
The first of the five cosmic acts is hers: she lets the worlds out of herself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सृष्टिकर्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ sṛṣṭikartryai namaḥ
om srishtikartryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sṛṣṭikartrī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who performs creation
vigraha sṛṣṭeḥ kartrī
letting go, emission, creation
female maker, agent
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
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- srishtikartriom srishtikartryai namah
- ITRANS
- sRRiShTikartrIOM sRRiShTikartryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sRSTikartrIOM sRSTikartryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సృష్టికర్త్రీఓం సృష్టికర్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സൃഷ്ടികര്ത്രീഓം സൃഷ്ടികര്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்ருஷ்டிகர்த்ரீஓம் ஸ்ருஷ்டிகர்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સૃષ્ટિકર્ત્રીૐ સૃષ્ટિકર્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সৃষ্টিকর্ত্রীওঁ সৃষ্টিকর্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ