Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 284 of 1000: सहस्रपात्सहस्र-पात् · SahasrapātSahasra-pāt
Thousand-Footed
Artha
What the name means
She stands everywhere at once, the whole earth being no wider than her stride.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सहस्रपदे नमः
oṃ sahasrapade namaḥ
om sahasrapade namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sahasrapāt, as part of Shloka 66. 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
bahuvrīhi in the root noun pād-; nominative singular sahasrapāt by final devoicing
she who has a thousand feet
vigraha sahasraṃ pādā yasyāḥ sā
a thousand
foot
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 66Names 281–284
उन्मेषनिमिषोत्पन्नविपन्नभुवनावली ।
सहस्रशीर्षवदना सहस्राक्षी सहस्रपात् ॥ ६६ ॥
unmeṣanimiṣotpannavipannabhuvanāvalī
sahasraśīrṣavadanā sahasrākṣī sahasrapāt
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Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sahasrapatom sahasrapade namah
- ITRANS
- sahasrapAtOM sahasrapade namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sahasrapAtOM sahasrapade namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సహస్రపాత్ఓం సహస్రపదే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸಹಸ್ರಪಾತ್ಓಂ ಸಹಸ್ರಪದೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സഹസ്രപാത്ഓം സഹസ്രപദേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸஹஸ்ரபாத்ஓம் ஸஹஸ்ரபதே³ நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સહસ્રપાત્ૐ સહસ્રપદે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সহস্রপাৎওঁ সহস্রপদে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସହସ୍ରପାତ୍ଓଁ ସହସ୍ରପଦେ ନମଃ