Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 414 of 1000: स्वप्रकाशा · Svaprakāśā
Self-Luminous
Artha
What the name means
She shines by a light that is her own, and needs nothing else to make her known.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ स्वप्रकाशायै नमः
oṃ svaprakāśāyai namaḥ
om svaprakashayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, svaprakāśā, 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 whose light is her own
vigraha svaḥ prakāśo yasyāḥ sā
one's own
light, shining forth, manifestation
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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
- svaprakashaom svaprakashayai namah
- ITRANS
- svaprakAshAOM svaprakAshAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- svaprakAzAOM svaprakAzAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- స్వప్రకాశాఓం స్వప్రకాశాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶಾಓಂ ಸ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സ്വപ്രകാശാഓം സ്വപ്രകാശായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்வப்ரகாஶாஓம் ஸ்வப்ரகாஶாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સ્વપ્રકાશાૐ સ્વપ્રકાશાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- স্বপ্রকাশাওঁ স্বপ্রকাশায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସ୍ୱପ୍ରକାଶାଓଁ ସ୍ୱପ୍ରକାଶାୟୈ ନମଃ