Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 418 of 1000: जडशक्तिःजड-शक्तिः · JaḍaśaktiḥJaḍa-śaktiḥ
The Power In Inert Matter
Artha
What the name means
Even what is lifeless and unknowing holds together by a power that is hers.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ जडशक्त्यै नमः
oṃ jaḍaśaktyai namaḥ
om jadashaktyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jaḍaśaktiḥ, 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
the power belonging to what is insentient
vigraha jaḍasya śaktiḥ
inert, torpid, without sense
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
- 416चिच्छक्तिःcicchaktiḥThe Power Of Consciousness
- 417चेतनारूपाcetanārūpāWhose Form Is Sentience
- 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
- jadashaktihom jadashaktyai namah
- ITRANS
- jaDashaktiHOM jaDashaktyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jaDazaktiHOM jaDazaktyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జడశక్తిఃఓం జడశక్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜಡಶಕ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಜಡಶಕ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജഡശക്തിഃഓം ജഡശക്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜட³ஶக்திஃஓம் ஜட³ஶக்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જડશક્તિઃૐ જડશક્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জডশক্তিঃওঁ জডশক্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜଡଶକ୍ତିଃଓଁ ଜଡଶକ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ