Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 462 of 1000: शोभना · Śobhanā
Splendid
Artha
What the name means
She is brilliant to look upon, and lends that brilliance to whatever she touches.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शोभनायै नमः
oṃ śobhanāyai namaḥ
om shobhanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śobhanā, as part of Shloka 96. 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
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 96Names 459–467
सुमुखी नलिनी सुभ्रूः शोभना सुरनायिका ।
कालकण्ठी कान्तिमती क्षोभिणी सूक्ष्मरूपिणी ॥ ९६ ॥
sumukhī nalinī subhrūḥ śobhanā suranāyikā
kālakaṇṭhī kāntimatī kṣobhiṇī sūkṣmarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: A face assembled name by name, and then declared too fine to see
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shobhanaom shobhanayai namah
- ITRANS
- shobhanAOM shobhanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zobhanAOM zobhanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శోభనాఓం శోభనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶೋಭನಾಓಂ ಶೋಭನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശോഭനാഓം ശോഭനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶோப⁴னாஓம் ஶோப⁴னாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શોભનાૐ શોભનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শোভনাওঁ শোভনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶୋଭନାଓଁ ଶୋଭନାୟୈ ନମଃ