Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 537 of 1000: अमतिः · Amatiḥ
Not Reached By Thought
Artha
What the name means
Reflection cannot lay hold of her, for she is what thinking arises out of rather than something thought can contain.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अमत्यै नमः
oṃ amatyai namaḥ
om amatyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, amatiḥ, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Read as a negated mati, 'thought'; the lexicon also records amati in the sense of splendour, which some take here.
she who is without discursive thought
vigraha na matiḥ
not, un-
thought, understanding, intention
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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
- 535स्वाहाsvāhāThe Cry Svāhā
- 536स्वधाsvadhāThe Cry Svadhā
- 538मेधाmedhāIntelligence Itself
- 539श्रुतिःśrutiḥRevelation
- 540स्मृतिःsmṛtiḥTradition Remembered
- 541अनुत्तमाanuttamāUnsurpassed
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- amatihom amatyai namah
- ITRANS
- amatiHOM amatyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- amatiHOM amatyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అమతిఃఓం అమత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಮತಿಃಓಂ ಅಮತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അമതിഃഓം അമത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அமதிஃஓம் அமத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અમતિઃૐ અમત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অমতিঃওঁ অমত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅମତିଃଓଁ ଅମତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ