Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 572 of 1000: पराशक्तिःपरा-शक्तिः · ParāśaktiḥParā-śaktiḥ
The Supreme Power
Artha
What the name means
She is energy at its highest reach, the capacity from which every lesser power is a portion.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पराशक्त्यै नमः
oṃ parāśaktyai namaḥ
om parashaktyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parāśaktiḥ, as part of Shloka 116. 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
the power that is supreme
vigraha parā cāsau śaktiś ca
highest, supreme, beyond
power, ability, energy
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 116Names 572–577
परा शक्तिः परा निष्ठा प्रज्ञानघनरूपिणी ।
माध्वीपानालसा मत्ता मातृकावर्णरूपिणी ॥ ११६ ॥
parā śaktiḥ parā niṣṭhā prajñānaghanarūpiṇī
mādhvīpānālasā mattā mātṛkāvarṇarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The highest power, the honeyed drink, and the letters
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- parashaktihom parashaktyai namah
- ITRANS
- parAshaktiHOM parAshaktyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAzaktiHOM parAzaktyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరాశక్తిఃఓం పరాశక్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾಶಕ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಪರಾಶಕ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാശക്തിഃഓം പരാശക്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராஶக்திஃஓம் பராஶக்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાશક્તિઃૐ પરાશક્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরাশক্তিঃওঁ পরাশক্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାଶକ୍ତିଃଓଁ ପରାଶକ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ