Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 396 of 1000: परमेश्वरी · Parameśvarī
The Supreme Sovereign
Artha
What the name means
Above every other ruling power there is her rule.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परमेश्वर्यै नमः
oṃ parameśvaryai namaḥ
om parameshvaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parameśvarī, as part of Shloka 86. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
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
the mistress who is highest
vigraha paramā cāsāv īśvarī ca parameśvarī
highest, supreme
mistress, sovereign lady
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 86Names 393–399
प्रभावती प्रभारूपा प्रसिद्धा परमेश्वरी ।
मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी ॥ ८६ ॥
prabhāvatī prabhārūpā prasiddhā parameśvarī
mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: From radiance to root-nature: the hymn turns philosophical
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- parameshvariom parameshvaryai namah
- ITRANS
- parameshvarIOM parameshvaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paramezvarIOM paramezvaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరమేశ్వరీఓం పరమేశ్వర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരമേശ്വരീഓം പരമേശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரமேஶ்வரீஓம் பரமேஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરમેશ્વરીૐ પરમેશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরমেশ্বরীওঁ পরমেশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରମେଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ ପରମେଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ