Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 563 of 1000: मुख्या · Mukhyā
The Foremost
Artha
What the name means
Wherever a first place exists she occupies it, whether in a list of deities or in the order of what is real.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मुख्यायै नमः
oṃ mukhyāyai namaḥ
om mukhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mukhyā, as part of Shloka 114. 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 114Names 559–565
ताम्बूलपूरितमुखी दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभा ।
मृगाक्षी मोहिनी मुख्या मृडानी मित्ररूपिणी ॥ ११४ ॥
tāmbūlapūritamukhī dāḍimīkusumaprabhā
mṛgākṣī mohinī mukhyā mṛḍānī mitrarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Betel, pomegranate red, and five names on a single syllable
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mukhyaom mukhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- mukhyAOM mukhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mukhyAOM mukhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ముఖ్యాఓం ముఖ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮುಖ್ಯಾಓಂ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മുഖ്യാഓം മുഖ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- முக்²யாஓம் முக்²யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મુખ્યાૐ મુખ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মুখ্যাওঁ মুখ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୁଖ୍ୟାଓଁ ମୁଖ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ