Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 369 of 1000: परदेवतापर-देवता · ParadevatāPara-devatā
The Supreme Deity
Artha
What the name means
Whatever else is called a god, she is the divinity above them.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परदेवतायै नमः
oṃ paradevatāyai namaḥ
om paradevatayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, paradevatā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the deity who is supreme
vigraha parā cāsau devatā ca paradevatā
highest, supreme, beyond
a divinity, godhead
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
- paradevataom paradevatayai namah
- ITRANS
- paradevatAOM paradevatAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paradevatAOM paradevatAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరదేవతాఓం పరదేవతాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರದೇವತಾಓಂ ಪರದೇವತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരദേവതാഓം പരദേവതായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரதே³வதாஓம் பரதே³வதாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરદેવતાૐ પરદેવતાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরদেবতাওঁ পরদেবতায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରଦେବତାଓଁ ପରଦେବତାୟୈ ନମଃ