Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 538 of 1000: मेधा · Medhā
Intelligence Itself
Artha
What the name means
The mental vigour by which anything is grasped at all is her, personified in the old lists as a daughter of Dakṣa.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मेधायै नमः
oṃ medhāyai namaḥ
om medhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, medhā, 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
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
- 535स्वाहाsvāhāThe Cry Svāhā
- 536स्वधाsvadhāThe Cry Svadhā
- 537अमतिःamatiḥNot Reached By Thought
- 539श्रुतिःśrutiḥRevelation
- 540स्मृतिःsmṛtiḥTradition Remembered
- 541अनुत्तमाanuttamāUnsurpassed
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- medhaom medhayai namah
- ITRANS
- medhAOM medhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- medhAOM medhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మేధాఓం మేధాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೇಧಾಓಂ ಮೇಧಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മേധാഓം മേധായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மேதா⁴ஓம் மேதா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મેધાૐ મેધાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মেধাওঁ মেধায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମେଧାଓଁ ମେଧାୟୈ ନମଃ