Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 334 of 1000: विश्वाधिका · Viśvādhikā
Greater Than All
Artha
What the name means
Set her beside the whole universe and there is still something of her left over.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वाधिकायै नमः
oṃ viśvādhikāyai namaḥ
om vishvadhikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvādhikā, as part of Shloka 75. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
exceeding the universe
vigraha viśvasmād adhikā viśvādhikā
all, the whole universe
surpassing, more than, in excess of
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 75Names 334–340
विश्वाधिका वेदवेद्या विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनी ।
विधात्री वेदजननी विष्णुमाया विलासिनी ॥ ७५ ॥
viśvādhikā vedavedyā vindhyācalanivāsinī
vidhātrī vedajananī viṣṇumāyā vilāsinī
Study the whole shloka: Greater than everything, and living in a particular range of hills
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvadhikaom vishvadhikayai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvAdhikAOM vishvAdhikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvAdhikAOM vizvAdhikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వాధికాఓం విశ్వాధికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಾಧಿಕಾಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಾಧಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വാധികാഓം വിശ്വാധികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வாதி⁴காஓம் விஶ்வாதி⁴காயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વાધિકાૐ વિશ્વાધિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বাধিকাওঁ বিশ্বাধিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱାଧିକାଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱାଧିକାୟୈ ନମଃ