Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 296 of 1000: अनादिनिधनाअनादि-निधना · AnādinidhanāAnādi-nidhanā
Without Beginning Or End
Artha
What the name means
She did not start and will not stop, so no date can be put on either side of her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अनादिनिधनायै नमः
oṃ anādinidhanāyai namaḥ
om anadinidhanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, anādinidhanā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who has neither origin nor cessation
vigraha na vidyete ādir nidhanaṃ ca yasyāḥ sā
not, without
beginning and end
vigraha ādiś ca nidhanaṃ ca
beginning, origin
conclusion, end, destruction
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
- anadinidhanaom anadinidhanayai namah
- ITRANS
- anAdinidhanAOM anAdinidhanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- anAdinidhanAOM anAdinidhanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అనాదినిధనాఓం అనాదినిధనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅನಾದಿನಿಧನಾಓಂ ಅನಾದಿನಿಧನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അനാദിനിധനാഓം അനാദിനിധനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அனாதி³நித⁴னாஓம் அனாதி³நித⁴னாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અનાદિનિધનાૐ અનાદિનિધનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অনাদিনিধনাওঁ অনাদিনিধনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅନାଦିନିଧନାଓଁ ଅନାଦିନିଧନାୟୈ ନମଃ