Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 313 of 1000: रमा · Ramā
Fortune Herself
Artha
What the name means
She is Ramā, the good fortune whose arrival makes a household prosper and whose departure empties it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रमायै नमः
oṃ ramāyai namaḥ
om ramayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ramā, as part of Shloka 72. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 72Names 313–320
रमा राकेन्दुवदना रतिरूपा रतिप्रिया ।
रक्षाकरी राक्षसघ्नी रामा रमणलम्पटा ॥ ७२ ॥
ramā rākenduvadanā ratirūpā ratipriyā
rakṣākarī rākṣasaghnī rāmā ramaṇalampaṭā
Study the whole shloka: Fortune, the full moon, and a goddess greedy for her lover
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ramaom ramayai namah
- ITRANS
- ramAOM ramAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ramAOM ramAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రమాఓం రమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಮಾಓಂ ರಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രമാഓം രമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரமாஓம் ரமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રમાૐ રમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রমাওঁ রমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରମାଓଁ ରମାୟୈ ନମଃ