Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 422 of 1000: सन्ध्या · Sandhyā
The Twilight Juncture
Artha
What the name means
She is the seam where day and night meet, and the worship appointed for that hour.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सन्ध्यायै नमः
oṃ sandhyāyai namaḥ
om sandhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sandhyā, 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
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- 419जडात्मिकाjaḍātmikāWhose Self Is Insentient Nature
- 420गायत्रीgāyatrīThe Gāyatrī
- 421व्याहृतिःvyāhṛtiḥThe Sacred Utterance
- 423द्विजवृन्दनिषेविताdvijavṛndaniṣevitāServed By Throngs Of The Twice-Born
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sandhyaom sandhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- sandhyAOM sandhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sandhyAOM sandhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సన్ధ్యాఓం సన్ధ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸನ್ಧ್ಯಾಓಂ ಸನ್ಧ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സന്ധ്യാഓം സന്ധ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸந்த்⁴யாஓம் ஸந்த்⁴யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સન્ધ્યાૐ સન્ધ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সন্ধ্যাওঁ সন্ধ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାଓଁ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ