Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 425 of 1000: तत् · Tat
That
Artha
What the name means
She is the 'that' of the great Upaniṣadic sentence, the reality a word can point at but never hold.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तस्मै नमः
oṃ tasmai namaḥ
om tasmai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tat, as part of Shloka 91. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the word tattvamayī is read by commentators as the three names tat, tvam and ayī
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 91Names 424–431
तत्त्वासना तत्त्वमयी पञ्चकोशान्तरस्थिता ।
निःसीममहिमा नित्ययौवना मदशालिनी ॥ ९१ ॥
tattvāsanā tattvamayī pañcakośāntarasthitā
niḥsīmamahimā nityayauvanā madaśālinī
Study the whole shloka: Seated on the principles, hidden in the sheaths, flushed with wine
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- tatom tasmai namah
- ITRANS
- tatOM tasmai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- tatOM tasmai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తత్ఓం తస్మై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತತ್ಓಂ ತಸ್ಮೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തത്ഓം തസ്മൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தத்ஓம் தஸ்மை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તત્ૐ તસ્મૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তৎওঁ তস্মৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତତ୍ଓଁ ତସ୍ମୈ ନମଃ