Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 553 of 1000: अग्रगण्याअग्र-गण्या · AgragaṇyāAgra-gaṇyā
Counted First
Artha
What the name means
In any reckoning of what deserves regard her name is set down at the head of the list.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अग्रगण्यायै नमः
oṃ agragaṇyāyai namaḥ
om agraganyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, agragaṇyā, as part of Shloka 113. 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
she who is to be reckoned foremost
vigraha agre gaṇyā
foremost point, front, first place
to be counted or reckoned
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 113Names 553–558
अग्रगण्याऽचिन्त्यरूपा कलिकल्मषनाशिनी ।
कात्यायनी कालहन्त्री कमलाक्षनिषेविता ॥ ११३ ॥
agragaṇyā'cintyarūpā kalikalmaṣanāśinī
kātyāyanī kālahantrī kamalākṣaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: First in the reckoning, unthinkable in form, and the slayer of Time
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- agraganyaom agraganyayai namah
- ITRANS
- agragaNyAOM agragaNyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- agragaNyAOM agragaNyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అగ్రగణ్యాఓం అగ్రగణ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಗ್ರಗಣ್ಯಾಓಂ ಅಗ್ರಗಣ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അഗ്രഗണ്യാഓം അഗ്രഗണ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அக்³ரக³ண்யாஓம் அக்³ரக³ண்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અગ્રગણ્યાૐ અગ્રગણ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অগ্রগণ্যাওঁ অগ্রগণ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅଗ୍ରଗଣ୍ୟାଓଁ ଅଗ୍ରଗଣ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ