Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 272 of 1000: सदाशिवासदा-शिवा · SadāśivāSadā-śivā
Ever Auspicious
Artha
What the name means
The fifth act is grace, and here she takes the form of Sadāśiva, whose kindness never lapses.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सदाशिवायै नमः
oṃ sadāśivāyai namaḥ
om sadashivayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sadāśivā, as part of Shloka 64. 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 is always gracious
vigraha sadā śivā
always, at all times
auspicious, kindly; Śiva
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 64Names 268–274
संहारिणी रुद्ररूपा तिरोधानकरीश्वरी ।
सदाशिवाऽनुग्रहदा पञ्चकृत्यपरायणा ॥ ६४ ॥
saṃhāriṇī rudrarūpā tirodhānakarīśvarī
sadāśivā'nugrahadā pañcakṛtyaparāyaṇā
Study the whole shloka: The five acts, and the last of them is grace
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sadashivaom sadashivayai namah
- ITRANS
- sadAshivAOM sadAshivAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sadAzivAOM sadAzivAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సదాశివాఓం సదాశివాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸದಾಶಿವಾಓಂ ಸದಾಶಿವಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സദാശിവാഓം സദാശിവായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸதா³ஶிவாஓம் ஸதா³ஶிவாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સદાશિવાૐ સદાશિવાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সদাশিবাওঁ সদাশিবায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସଦାଶିବାଓଁ ସଦାଶିବାୟୈ ନମଃ