Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 427 of 1000: अयी · Ayī
O!
Artha
What the name means
Taken as the particle of address, this name is the calling out itself, the bare act of turning toward her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अय्यै नमः
oṃ ayyai namaḥ
om ayyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ayī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
an indeclinable of address, lengthened to ayī where the verse divides tattvamayī
A single word rather than a compound.
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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
- ayiom ayyai namah
- ITRANS
- ayIOM ayyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ayIOM ayyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అయీఓం అయ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಯೀಓಂ ಅಯ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അയീഓം അയ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அயீஓம் அய்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અયીૐ અય્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অয়ীওঁ অয়্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅୟୀଓଁ ଅୟ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ