Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 468 of 1000: वज्रेश्वरी · Vajreśvarī
Mistress Of The Thunderbolt
Artha
What the name means
She is Vajreśvarī, one of the nityā goddesses, and the adamantine weapon answers to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वज्रेश्वर्यै नमः
oṃ vajreśvaryai namaḥ
om vajreshvaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vajreśvarī, as part of Shloka 97. 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
the sovereign of the thunderbolt
vigraha vajrasya īśvarī
thunderbolt, the hard and mighty weapon
mistress, sovereign lady
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 97Names 468–474
वज्रेश्वरी वामदेवी वयोऽवस्थाविवर्जिता ।
सिद्धेश्वरी सिद्धविद्या सिद्धमाता यशस्विनी ॥ ९७ ॥
vajreśvarī vāmadevī vayo'vasthāvivarjitā
siddheśvarī siddhavidyā siddhamātā yaśasvinī
Study the whole shloka: Mistress of the thunderbolt, mother of the adepts
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vajreshvariom vajreshvaryai namah
- ITRANS
- vajreshvarIOM vajreshvaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vajrezvarIOM vajrezvaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వజ్రేశ్వరీఓం వజ్రేశ్వర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಜ್ರೇಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ವಜ್ರೇಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വജ്രേശ്വരീഓം വജ്രേശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வஜ்ரேஶ்வரீஓம் வஜ்ரேஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વજ્રેશ્વરીૐ વજ્રેશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বজ্রেশ্বরীওঁ বজ্রেশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବଜ୍ରେଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ ବଜ୍ରେଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ