Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 469 of 1000: वामदेवीवाम-देवी · VāmadevīVāma-devī
The Gracious Goddess
Artha
What the name means
She is Vāmā, the lovely and left-hand one, answering to the Śiva-face of that name.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वामदेव्यै नमः
oṃ vāmadevyai namaḥ
om vamadevyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vāmadevī, 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 goddess who is gracious
vigraha vāmā cāsau devī ca
lovely, gracious, dear; the left
goddess
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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
- vamadeviom vamadevyai namah
- ITRANS
- vAmadevIOM vAmadevyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vAmadevIOM vAmadevyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వామదేవీఓం వామదేవ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಾಮದೇವೀಓಂ ವಾಮದೇವ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വാമദേവീഓം വാമദേവ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வாமதே³வீஓம் வாமதே³வ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વામદેવીૐ વામદેવ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বামদেবীওঁ বামদেব্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବାମଦେବୀଓଁ ବାମଦେବ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ