Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 276 of 1000: भैरवी · Bhairavī
The Terrible One
Artha
What the name means
She answers to the fierce name as readily as to the gentle ones, for the two faces belong to one power.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भैरव्यै नमः
oṃ bhairavyai namaḥ
om bhairavyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhairavī, as part of Shloka 65. 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
feminine of bhairava, 'frightful'; a name of the goddess in her fierce aspect, not a compound
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 65Names 275–280
भानुमण्डलमध्यस्था भैरवी भगमालिनी ।
पद्मासना भगवती पद्मनाभसहोदरी ॥ ६५ ॥
bhānumaṇḍalamadhyasthā bhairavī bhagamālinī
padmāsanā bhagavatī padmanābhasahodarī
Study the whole shloka: In the middle of the sun's disc
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bhairaviom bhairavyai namah
- ITRANS
- bhairavIOM bhairavyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhairavIOM bhairavyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భైరవీఓం భైరవ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭೈರವೀಓಂ ಭೈರವ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭൈരവീഓം ഭൈരവ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பை⁴ரவீஓம் பை⁴ரவ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભૈરવીૐ ભૈરવ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভৈরবীওঁ ভৈরব্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭୈରବୀଓଁ ଭୈରବ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ