Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 370 of 1000: मध्यमा · Madhyamā
The Middle Word
Artha
What the name means
She is madhyamā, speech at the middle stage, formed in the mind but not yet on the breath.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मध्यमायै नमः
oṃ madhyamāyai namaḥ
om madhyamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, madhyamā, 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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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
- madhyamaom madhyamayai namah
- ITRANS
- madhyamAOM madhyamAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- madhyamAOM madhyamAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మధ్యమాఓం మధ్యమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಧ್ಯಮಾಓಂ ಮಧ್ಯಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മധ്യമാഓം മധ്യമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மத்⁴யமாஓம் மத்⁴யமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મધ્યમાૐ મધ્યમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মধ্যমাওঁ মধ্যমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମଧ୍ୟମାଓଁ ମଧ୍ୟମାୟୈ ନମଃ