Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 571 of 1000: महाप्रलयसाक्षिणीमहा-प्रलय-साक्षिणी · MahāpralayasākṣiṇīMahā-pralaya-sākṣiṇī
Witness Of The Great Dissolution
Artha
What the name means
When the worlds are reabsorbed at the close of an age she alone remains, looking on at their disappearance.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाप्रलयसाक्षिण्यै नमः
oṃ mahāpralayasākṣiṇyai namaḥ
om mahapralayasakshinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāpralayasākṣiṇī, as part of Shloka 115. 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 the witness of the universal dissolution
vigraha mahāpralayasya sākṣiṇī
The Great Dissolution
vigraha mahāṃś cāsau pralayaś ca
great, mighty
reabsorption, the destruction of the world
she who observes as an eye-witness
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 115Names 566–571
नित्यतृप्ता भक्तनिधिर्नियन्त्री निखिलेश्वरी ।
मैत्र्यादिवासनालभ्या महाप्रलयसाक्षिणी ॥ ११५ ॥
nityatṛptā bhaktanidhirniyantrī nikhileśvarī
maitryādivāsanālabhyā mahāpralayasākṣiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Needing nothing, reached by goodwill, watching the end
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahapralayasakshiniom mahapralayasakshinyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahApralayasAkShiNIOM mahApralayasAkShiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahApralayasAkSiNIOM mahApralayasAkSiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాప్రలయసాక్షిణీఓం మహాప్రలయసాక్షిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಪ್ರಲಯಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣೀಓಂ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಲಯಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാപ്രലയസാക്ഷിണീഓം മഹാപ്രലയസാക്ഷിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாப்ரலயஸாக்ஷிணீஓம் மஹாப்ரலயஸாக்ஷிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાપ્રલયસાક્ષિણીૐ મહાપ્રલયસાક્ષિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাপ্রলয়সাক্ষিণীওঁ মহাপ্রলয়সাক্ষিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାପ୍ରଲୟସାକ୍ଷିଣୀଓଁ ମହାପ୍ରଲୟସାକ୍ଷିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ