Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 541 of 1000: अनुत्तमा · Anuttamā
Unsurpassed
Artha
What the name means
Nothing stands above her, since any height one could name would still be a thing she measures.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अनुत्तमायै नमः
oṃ anuttamāyai namaḥ
om anuttamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, anuttamā, 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
she than whom nothing is higher
vigraha na uttamā yasyāḥ
not, un-
highest, uppermost, best
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
- 538मेधाmedhāIntelligence Itself
- 539श्रुतिःśrutiḥRevelation
- 540स्मृतिःsmṛtiḥTradition Remembered
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- anuttamaom anuttamayai namah
- ITRANS
- anuttamAOM anuttamAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- anuttamAOM anuttamAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అనుత్తమాఓం అనుత్తమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅನುತ್ತಮಾಓಂ ಅನುತ್ತಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അനുത്തമാഓം അനുത്തമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அனுத்தமாஓம் அனுத்தமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અનુત્તમાૐ અનુત્તમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অনুত্তমাওঁ অনুত্তমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅନୁତ୍ତମାଓଁ ଅନୁତ୍ତମାୟୈ ନମଃ