Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 339 of 1000: विष्णुमायाविष्णु-माया · ViṣṇumāyāViṣṇu-māyā
The Māyā Of Viṣṇu
Artha
What the name means
She is the power by which Viṣṇu throws the world up as an appearance and keeps it convincing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विष्णुमायायै नमः
oṃ viṣṇumāyāyai namaḥ
om vishnumayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viṣṇumāyā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the illusory power belonging to Viṣṇu
vigraha viṣṇor māyā viṣṇumāyā
Viṣṇu
creative illusion, the power of appearance
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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
- vishnumayaom vishnumayayai namah
- ITRANS
- viShNumAyAOM viShNumAyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- viSNumAyAOM viSNumAyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విష్ణుమాయాఓం విష్ణుమాయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಷ್ಣುಮಾಯಾಓಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಮಾಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിഷ്ണുമായാഓം വിഷ്ണുമായായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஷ்ணுமாயாஓம் விஷ்ணுமாயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિષ્ણુમાયાૐ વિષ્ણુમાયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিষ্ণুমায়াওঁ বিষ্ণুমায়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଷ୍ଣୁମାୟାଓଁ ବିଷ୍ଣୁମାୟାୟୈ ନମଃ