Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 389 of 1000: निरुपमा · Nirupamā
Beyond Comparison
Artha
What the name means
Nothing stands close enough to her to serve as a comparison.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निरुपमायै नमः
oṃ nirupamāyai namaḥ
om nirupamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirupamā, as part of Shloka 85. 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
for whom there is no likeness
vigraha nirgatā upamā yasyāḥ sā nirupamā
out, away, without
likeness, comparison
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 85Names 388–392
नित्यक्लिन्ना निरुपमा निर्वाणसुखदायिनी ।
नित्याषोडशिकारूपा श्रीकण्ठार्धशरीरिणी ॥ ८५ ॥
nityaklinnā nirupamā nirvāṇasukhadāyinī
nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇī
Study the whole shloka: The ever-moist Nityā, and half of Śiva's body
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirupamaom nirupamayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirupamAOM nirupamAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirupamAOM nirupamAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరుపమాఓం నిరుపమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರುಪಮಾಓಂ ನಿರುಪಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരുപമാഓം നിരുപമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிருபமாஓம் நிருபமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરુપમાૐ નિરુપમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরুপমাওঁ নিরুপমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରୁପମାଓଁ ନିରୁପମାୟୈ ନମଃ