Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 463 of 1000: सुरनायिकासुर-नायिका · SuranāyikāSura-nāyikā
Leader Of The Gods
Artha
What the name means
The gods take their direction from her and follow where she goes.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सुरनायिकायै नमः
oṃ suranāyikāyai namaḥ
om suranayikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, suranāyikā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the mistress and leader of the gods
vigraha surāṇāṃ nāyikā
a god, a deity
leader, mistress, the woman who takes the lead
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
- suranayikaom suranayikayai namah
- ITRANS
- suranAyikAOM suranAyikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- suranAyikAOM suranAyikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సురనాయికాఓం సురనాయికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸುರನಾಯಿಕಾಓಂ ಸುರನಾಯಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സുരനായികാഓം സുരനായികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸுரநாயிகாஓம் ஸுரநாயிகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સુરનાયિકાૐ સુરનાયિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সুরনায়িকাওঁ সুরনায়িকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସୁରନାୟିକାଓଁ ସୁରନାୟିକାୟୈ ନମଃ