Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 532 of 1000: सर्वतोमुखीसर्वतो-मुखी · SarvatomukhīSarvato-mukhī
Facing Everywhere
Artha
What the name means
There is no direction she does not look toward, and so no worshipper stands behind her back.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सर्वतोमुख्यै नमः
oṃ sarvatomukhyai namaḥ
om sarvatomukhyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sarvatomukhī, as part of Shloka 109. 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
she whose face is turned in every direction
vigraha sarvato mukhaṃ yasyāḥ sā
from or in all directions, everywhere
mouth, face
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 109Names 528–532
सहस्रदलपद्मस्था सर्ववर्णोपशोभिता ।
सर्वायुधधरा शुक्लसंस्थिता सर्वतोमुखी ॥ १०९ ॥
sahasradalapadmasthā sarvavarṇopaśobhitā
sarvāyudhadharā śuklasaṃsthitā sarvatomukhī
Study the whole shloka: The thousand-petalled lotus, where every particular becomes all
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sarvatomukhiom sarvatomukhyai namah
- ITRANS
- sarvatomukhIOM sarvatomukhyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sarvatomukhIOM sarvatomukhyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సర్వతోముఖీఓం సర్వతోముఖ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖೀಓಂ ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സര്വതോമുഖീഓം സര്വതോമുഖ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸர்வதோமுகீ²ஓம் ஸர்வதோமுக்²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સર્વતોમુખીૐ સર્વતોમુખ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সর্বতোমুখীওঁ সর্বতোমুখ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସର୍ୱତୋମୁଖୀଓଁ ସର୍ୱତୋମୁଖ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ