Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 419 of 1000: जडात्मिका · Jaḍātmikā
Whose Self Is Insentient Nature
Artha
What the name means
The dull unknowing side of things is not foreign to her; it too is her own self.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ जडात्मिकायै नमः
oṃ jaḍātmikāyai namaḥ
om jadatmikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jaḍātmikā, 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
Since the -ka of ātmaka is itself the possessive element, the word is taken as a taddhita derivative of jaḍātman; read as a bahuvrīhi it would mean she whose self is the insentient.
having the insentient for her nature
vigraha jaḍasyātmikā, jaḍasvarūpā
inert, torpid, without sense
having as her self or nature
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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
- 418जडशक्तिःjaḍaśaktiḥThe Power In Inert Matter
- 420गायत्रीgāyatrīThe Gāyatrī
- 421व्याहृतिःvyāhṛtiḥThe Sacred Utterance
- 422सन्ध्याsandhyāThe Twilight Juncture
- 423द्विजवृन्दनिषेविताdvijavṛndaniṣevitāServed By Throngs Of The Twice-Born
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- jadatmikaom jadatmikayai namah
- ITRANS
- jaDAtmikAOM jaDAtmikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jaDAtmikAOM jaDAtmikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జడాత్మికాఓం జడాత్మికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜಡಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಓಂ ಜಡಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജഡാത്മികാഓം ജഡാത്മികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜடா³த்மிகாஓம் ஜடா³த்மிகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જડાત્મિકાૐ જડાત્મિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জডাত্মিকাওঁ জডাত্মিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜଡାତ୍ମିକାଓଁ ଜଡାତ୍ମିକାୟୈ ନମଃ