Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 362 of 1000: चितिः · Citiḥ
Pure Consciousness
Artha
What the name means
She is awareness in the bare sense — the fact of knowing, before there is anything known.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चित्यै नमः
oṃ cityai namaḥ
om chityai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, citiḥ, as part of Shloka 80. 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.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 80Names 362–365
चितिस्तत्पदलक्ष्यार्था चिदेकरसरूपिणी ।
स्वात्मानन्दलवीभूतब्रह्माद्यानन्दसन्ततिः ॥ ८० ॥
citistatpadalakṣyārthā cidekarasarūpiṇī
svātmānandalavībhūtabrahmādyānandasantatiḥ
Study the whole shloka: Consciousness, and what the word 'that' was pointing at
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chitihom chityai namah
- ITRANS
- chitiHOM chityai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- citiHOM cityai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చితిఃఓం చిత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚಿತಿಃಓಂ ಚಿತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചിതിഃഓം ചിത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சிதிஃஓம் சித்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચિતિઃૐ ચિત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চিতিঃওঁ চিত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚିତିଃଓଁ ଚିତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ