Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 384 of 1000: विश्वसाक्षिणीविश्व-साक्षिणी · ViśvasākṣiṇīViśva-sākṣiṇī
Witness Of All
Artha
What the name means
Everything that happens happens in her sight, and she is present to it without taking part.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वसाक्षिण्यै नमः
oṃ viśvasākṣiṇyai namaḥ
om vishvasakshinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvasākṣiṇī, as part of Shloka 84. 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 witness of everything
vigraha viśvasya sākṣiṇī viśvasākṣiṇī
all, the whole world
she who observes, a witness
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 84Names 383–387
सद्यःप्रसादिनी विश्वसाक्षिणी साक्षिवर्जिता ।
षडङ्गदेवतायुक्ता षाड्गुण्यपरिपूरिता ॥ ८४ ॥
sadyaḥprasādinī viśvasākṣiṇī sākṣivarjitā
ṣaḍaṅgadevatāyuktā ṣāḍguṇyaparipūritā
Study the whole shloka: Witness of everything, witnessed by nothing
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvasakshiniom vishvasakshinyai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvasAkShiNIOM vishvasAkShiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvasAkSiNIOM vizvasAkSiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వసాక్షిణీఓం విశ్వసాక్షిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣೀಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വസാക്ഷിണീഓം വിശ്വസാക്ഷിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வஸாக்ஷிணீஓம் விஶ்வஸாக்ஷிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વસાક્ષિણીૐ વિશ્વસાક્ષિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বসাক্ষিণীওঁ বিশ্বসাক্ষিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱସାକ୍ଷିଣୀଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱସାକ୍ଷିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ