Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 411 of 1000: शिष्टेष्टा · Śiṣṭeṣṭā
Beloved Of The Virtuous
Artha
What the name means
Those who live by the discipline of the wise long for her above every other thing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिष्टेष्टायै नमः
oṃ śiṣṭeṣṭāyai namaḥ
om shishteshtayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śiṣṭeṣṭā, as part of Shloka 89. 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
she who is desired by the well-instructed
vigraha śiṣṭānām iṣṭā
one trained in right conduct, a person of learning and discipline
wished for, cherished
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 89Names 409–415
शिवप्रिया शिवपरा शिष्टेष्टा शिष्टपूजिता ।
अप्रमेया स्वप्रकाशा मनोवाचामगोचरा ॥ ८९ ॥
śivapriyā śivaparā śiṣṭeṣṭā śiṣṭapūjitā
aprameyā svaprakāśā manovācāmagocarā
Study the whole shloka: Approved by the learned, and out of reach of speech
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shishteshtaom shishteshtayai namah
- ITRANS
- shiShTeShTAOM shiShTeShTAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ziSTeSTAOM ziSTeSTAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శిష్టేష్టాఓం శిష్టేష్టాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿಷ್ಟೇಷ್ಟಾಓಂ ಶಿಷ್ಟೇಷ್ಟಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിഷ്ടേഷ്ടാഓം ശിഷ്ടേഷ്ടായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிஷ்டேஷ்டாஓம் ஶிஷ்டேஷ்டாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિષ્ટેષ્ટાૐ શિષ્ટેષ્ટાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিষ্টেষ্টাওঁ শিষ্টেষ্টায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିଷ୍ଟେଷ୍ଟାଓଁ ଶିଷ୍ଟେଷ୍ଟାୟୈ ନମଃ