Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 53 of 1000: शिवा · Śivā
The Auspicious One
Artha
What the name means
She is well-being itself, the consort of Śiva who carries his name in the feminine because she carries his nature.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिवायै नमः
oṃ śivāyai namaḥ
om shivayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śivā, as part of Shloka 21. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 21Names 49–54
सर्वारुणाऽनवद्याङ्गी सर्वाभरणभूषिता ।
शिवकामेश्वराङ्कस्था शिवा स्वाधीनवल्लभा ॥ २१ ॥
sarvāruṇā'navadyāṅgī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
śivakāmeśvarāṅkasthā śivā svādhīnavallabhā
Study the whole shloka: The body totalled up, and the consort finally named
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shivaom shivayai namah
- ITRANS
- shivAOM shivAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zivAOM zivAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శివాఓం శివాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿವಾಓಂ ಶಿವಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിവാഓം ശിവായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிவாஓம் ஶிவாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિવાૐ શિવાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিবাওঁ শিবায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିବାଓଁ ଶିବାୟୈ ନମଃ