Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 295 of 1000: अम्बिका · Ambikā
The Mother
Artha
What the name means
Of all her names this is the plainest, the word a child uses.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अम्बिकायै नमः
oṃ ambikāyai namaḥ
om ambikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ambikā, as part of Shloka 69. 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
affectionate -kā derivative of ambā, 'mother'; not a compound
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 69Names 291–297
पुरुषार्थप्रदा पूर्णा भोगिनी भुवनेश्वरी ।
अम्बिकाऽनादिनिधना हरिब्रह्मेन्द्रसेविता ॥ ६९ ॥
puruṣārthapradā pūrṇā bhoginī bhuvaneśvarī
ambikā'nādinidhanā haribrahmendrasevitā
Study the whole shloka: Fullness, and the plainest of her names
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ambikaom ambikayai namah
- ITRANS
- ambikAOM ambikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ambikAOM ambikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అమ్బికాఓం అమ్బికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಮ್ಬಿಕಾಓಂ ಅಮ್ಬಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അമ്ബികാഓം അമ്ബികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அம்பி³காஓம் அம்பி³காயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અમ્બિકાૐ અમ્બિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অম্বিকাওঁ অম্বিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅମ୍ବିକାଓଁ ଅମ୍ବିକାୟୈ ନମଃ