Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 408 of 1000: शिवङ्करी · Śivaṅkarī
Maker Of Welfare
Artha
What the name means
Wherever her attention falls, wellbeing follows, for making things auspicious is her very act.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिवङ्कर्यै नमः
oṃ śivaṅkaryai namaḥ
om shivankaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śivaṅkarī, as part of Shloka 88. 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 accusative śivam keeps its final m before kara by the mum augment
she who brings about what is auspicious
vigraha śivaṃ karotīti śivaṅkarī
what is auspicious, welfare
she who makes or brings about
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 88Names 404–408
भक्तहार्दतमोभेदभानुमद्भानुसन्ततिः ।
शिवदूती शिवाराध्या शिवमूर्तिः शिवङ्करी ॥ ८८ ॥
bhaktahārdatamobhedabhānumadbhānusantatiḥ
śivadūtī śivārādhyā śivamūrtiḥ śivaṅkarī
Study the whole shloka: Sunlight into the heart, and four ways of standing next to Śiva
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shivankariom shivankaryai namah
- ITRANS
- shiva~NkarIOM shiva~Nkaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zivaGkarIOM zivaGkaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శివఙ్కరీఓం శివఙ్కర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿವಙ್ಕರೀಓಂ ಶಿವಙ್ಕರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിവങ്കരീഓം ശിവങ്കര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிவங்கரீஓம் ஶிவங்கர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિવઙ્કરીૐ શિવઙ્કર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিবঙ্করীওঁ শিবঙ্কর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିବଙ୍କରୀଓଁ ଶିବଙ୍କର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ