Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 457 of 1000: माता · Mātā
Mother
Artha
What the name means
She is simply the mother, the source everything comes out of and the shelter it returns to.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मात्रे नमः
oṃ mātre namaḥ
om matre namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mātā, as part of Shloka 95. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
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 95Names 452–458
तेजोवती त्रिनयना लोलाक्षीकामरूपिणी ।
मालिनी हंसिनी माता मलयाचलवासिनी ॥ ९५ ॥
tejovatī trinayanā lolākṣīkāmarūpiṇī
mālinī haṃsinī mātā malayācalavāsinī
Study the whole shloka: Fire, a third eye, the garland of letters, the swan, and one plain word
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mataom matre namah
- ITRANS
- mAtAOM mAtre namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mAtAOM mAtre namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మాతాఓం మాత్రే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಾತಾಓಂ ಮಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മാതാഓം മാത്രേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மாதாஓம் மாத்ரே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- માતાૐ માત્રે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মাতাওঁ মাত্রে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମାତାଓଁ ମାତ୍ରେ ନମଃ