Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 366 of 1000: परा · Parā
The Supreme
Artha
What the name means
She is the highest, and in the doctrine of speech she is parā, the level of the word before it has begun to stir.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परायै नमः
oṃ parāyai namaḥ
om parayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parā, as part of Shloka 81. 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
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 81Names 366–372
परा प्रत्यक्चितीरूपा पश्यन्ती परदेवता ।
मध्यमा वैखरीरूपा भक्तमानसहंसिका ॥ ८१ ॥
parā pratyakcitīrūpā paśyantī paradevatā
madhyamā vaikharīrūpā bhaktamānasahaṃsikā
Study the whole shloka: The four levels of speech, and the swan on the mind
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- paraom parayai namah
- ITRANS
- parAOM parAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAOM parAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరాఓం పరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾಓಂ ಪರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാഓം പരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராஓம் பராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાૐ પરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরাওঁ পরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାଓଁ ପରାୟୈ ନମଃ