Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 398 of 1000: अव्यक्ता · Avyaktā
The Unmanifest
Artha
What the name means
She has not come out into view, and no sense will ever bring her into view.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अव्यक्तायै नमः
oṃ avyaktāyai namaḥ
om avyaktayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, avyaktā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
not manifest
vigraha na vyaktā avyaktā
not, un-
manifest, apparent, perceptible
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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
- avyaktaom avyaktayai namah
- ITRANS
- avyaktAOM avyaktAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- avyaktAOM avyaktAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అవ్యక్తాఓం అవ్యక్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತಾಓಂ ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അവ്യക്താഓം അവ്യക്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அவ்யக்தாஓம் அவ்யக்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અવ્યક્તાૐ અવ્યક્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অব্যক্তাওঁ অব্যক্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତାଓଁ ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ