Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 416 of 1000: चिच्छक्तिःचिच्-छक्तिः · CicchaktiḥCic-chaktiḥ
The Power Of Consciousness
Artha
What the name means
She is awareness taken as sheer power, the force by which anything whatever comes to be known.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चिच्छक्त्यै नमः
oṃ cicchaktyai namaḥ
om chichchhaktyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, cicchaktiḥ, as part of Shloka 90. 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
śakti is a feminine i-stem, and the stotra recension reads cicchaktiḥ
the power that belongs to consciousness
vigraha citaḥ śaktiḥ
pure consciousness
power, capacity, energy
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 90Names 416–423
चिच्छक्तिश् चेतनारूपा जडशक्तिर्जडात्मिका ।
गायत्री व्याहृतिः सन्ध्या द्विजवृन्दनिषेविता ॥ ९० ॥
cicchaktiś cetanārūpā jaḍaśaktirjaḍātmikā
gāyatrī vyāhṛtiḥ sandhyā dvijavṛndaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: Consciousness and dead matter, and the brahmin's daily prayer
Chanted with it
- 417चेतनारूपाcetanārūpāWhose Form Is Sentience
- 418जडशक्तिःjaḍaśaktiḥThe Power In Inert Matter
- 419जडात्मिकाjaḍātmikāWhose Self Is Insentient Nature
- 420गायत्रीgāyatrīThe Gāyatrī
- 421व्याहृतिःvyāhṛtiḥThe Sacred Utterance
- 422सन्ध्याsandhyāThe Twilight Juncture
- 423द्विजवृन्दनिषेविताdvijavṛndaniṣevitāServed By Throngs Of The Twice-Born
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chichchhaktihom chichchhaktyai namah
- ITRANS
- chichChaktiHOM chichChaktyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- cicchaktiHOM cicchaktyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చిచ్ఛక్తిఃఓం చిచ్ఛక్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚಿಚ್ಛಕ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಚಿಚ್ಛಕ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചിച്ഛക്തിഃഓം ചിച്ഛക്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சிச்ச²க்திஃஓம் சிச்ச²க்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચિચ્છક્તિઃૐ ચિચ્છક્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চিচ্ছক্তিঃওঁ চিচ্ছক্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚିଚ୍ଛକ୍ତିଃଓଁ ଚିଚ୍ଛକ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ