Lalitā Sahasranāma ◆, Name 48 of 1000: महालावण्यशेवधिःमहा-लावण्य-शेवधिः · MahālāvaṇyaśevadhiḥMahā-lāvaṇya-śevadhiḥ

Beauty is not something she possesses in part; she is the hoard from which every instance of it is drawn.

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahālāvaṇyaśevadhiḥ, as part of Shloka 20. 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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śevadhi is a masculine noun and keeps its own gender here, as the dative śevadhaye of the nāmāvalī confirms, even though the epithet refers to the goddess.

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Simple English spelling

mahalavanyashevadhihom mahalavanyashevadhaye namah

ITRANS

mahAlAvaNyashevadhiHOM mahAlAvaNyashevadhaye namaH

Harvard-Kyoto

mahAlAvaNyazevadhiHOM mahAlAvaNyazevadhaye namaH

తెలుగుTelugu

మహాలావణ్యశేవధిఃఓం మహాలావణ్యశేవధయే నమః

ಕನ್ನಡKannada

ಮಹಾಲಾವಣ್ಯಶೇವಧಿಃಓಂ ಮಹಾಲಾವಣ್ಯಶೇವಧಯೇ ನಮಃ

മലയാളംMalayalam

മഹാലാവണ്യശേവധിഃഓം മഹാലാവണ്യശേവധയേ നമഃ

தமிழ்Tamil

மஹாலாவண்யஶேவதி⁴ஃஓம் மஹாலாவண்யஶேவத⁴யே நமஃ

ગુજરાતીGujarati

મહાલાવણ્યશેવધિઃૐ મહાલાવણ્યશેવધયે નમઃ

বাংলাBengali

মহালাবণ্যশেবধিঃওঁ মহালাবণ্যশেবধয়ে নমঃ

ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia

ମହାଲାବଣ୍ୟଶେବଧିଃଓଁ ମହାଲାବଣ୍ୟଶେବଧୟେ ନମଃ