Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 429 of 1000: निःसीममहिमानिःसीम-महिमा · NiḥsīmamahimāNiḥsīma-mahimā
Of Boundless Greatness
Artha
What the name means
Her greatness overruns every boundary anyone might try to set around it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निःसीममहिम्ने नमः
oṃ niḥsīmamahimne namaḥ
om nihsimamahimne namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niḥsīmamahimā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
a bahuvrīhi closing in the an-stem mahiman keeps that stem in the feminine
she whose majesty has no limit
vigraha niḥsīmā mahimā yasyāḥ sā
unbounded, without a border
greatness, might, majesty
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
- nihsimamahimaom nihsimamahimne namah
- ITRANS
- niHsImamahimAOM niHsImamahimne namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niHsImamahimAOM niHsImamahimne namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిఃసీమమహిమాఓం నిఃసీమమహిమ్నే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಃಸೀಮಮಹಿಮಾಓಂ ನಿಃಸೀಮಮಹಿಮ್ನೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിഃസീമമഹിമാഓം നിഃസീമമഹിമ്നേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிஃஸீமமஹிமாஓம் நிஃஸீமமஹிம்னே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિઃસીમમહિમાૐ નિઃસીમમહિમ્ને નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিঃসীমমহিমাওঁ নিঃসীমমহিম্নে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିଃସୀମମହିମାଓଁ ନିଃସୀମମହିମ୍ନେ ନମଃ