Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 535 of 1000: स्वाहा · Svāhā
The Cry Svāhā
Artha
What the name means
She is the word spoken as an oblation is poured for the gods, and so the very act by which an offering reaches them.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ स्वाहायै नमः
oṃ svāhāyai namaḥ
om svahayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, svāhā, as part of Shloka 110. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 110Names 533–541
सर्वौदनप्रीतचित्ता याकिन्यम्बास्वरूपिणी ।
स्वाहा स्वधाऽमतिर्मेधा श्रुतिः स्मृतिरनुत्तमा ॥ ११० ॥
sarvaudanaprītacittā yākinyambāsvarūpiṇī
svāhā svadhā'matirmedhā śrutiḥ smṛtiranuttamā
Study the whole shloka: Yākinī closes the cakras; the hymn turns to fire and scripture
Chanted with it
- 533सर्वौदनप्रीतचित्ताsarvaudanaprītacittāPleased By Rice Of Every Kind
- 534याकिन्यम्बास्वरूपिणीyākinyambāsvarūpiṇīEmbodied As Mother Yākinī
- 536स्वधाsvadhāThe Cry Svadhā
- 537अमतिःamatiḥNot Reached By Thought
- 538मेधाmedhāIntelligence Itself
- 539श्रुतिःśrutiḥRevelation
- 540स्मृतिःsmṛtiḥTradition Remembered
- 541अनुत्तमाanuttamāUnsurpassed
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- svahaom svahayai namah
- ITRANS
- svAhAOM svAhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- svAhAOM svAhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- స్వాహాఓం స్వాహాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸ್ವಾಹಾಓಂ ಸ್ವಾಹಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സ്വാഹാഓം സ്വാഹായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்வாஹாஓம் ஸ்வாஹாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સ્વાહાૐ સ્વાહાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- স্বাহাওঁ স্বাহায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସ୍ୱାହାଓଁ ସ୍ୱାହାୟୈ ନମଃ