Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 549 of 1000: विद्या · Vidyā
Knowledge
Artha
What the name means
She is learning in every branch, and in the Tantric idiom the word also names the mantra by which a deity is known.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विद्यायै नमः
oṃ vidyāyai namaḥ
om vidyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vidyā, as part of Shloka 112. 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 112Names 548–552
विमर्शरूपिणी विद्या वियदादिजगत्प्रसूः ।
सर्वव्याधिप्रशमनी सर्वमृत्युनिवारिणी ॥ ११२ ॥
vimarśarūpiṇī vidyā viyadādijagatprasūḥ
sarvavyādhipraśamanī sarvamṛtyunivāriṇī
Study the whole shloka: Self-aware light, the mother of the elements, and the warding off of death
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vidyaom vidyayai namah
- ITRANS
- vidyAOM vidyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vidyAOM vidyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విద్యాఓం విద్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿದ್ಯಾಓಂ ವಿದ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിദ്യാഓം വിദ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வித்³யாஓம் வித்³யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિદ્યાૐ વિદ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিদ্যাওঁ বিদ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଦ୍ୟାଓଁ ବିଦ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ