Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 573 of 1000: परानिष्ठापरा-निष्ठा · ParāniṣṭhāParā-niṣṭhā
The Highest Consummation
Artha
What the name means
She is the culminating point at which seeking has nowhere further to go.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परानिष्ठायै नमः
oṃ parāniṣṭhāyai namaḥ
om paranishthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parāniṣṭhā, 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 supreme culmination
vigraha parā cāsau niṣṭhā ca
highest, supreme, beyond
culminating point, completion, final state
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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
- paranishthaom paranishthayai namah
- ITRANS
- parAniShThAOM parAniShThAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAniSThAOM parAniSThAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరానిష్ఠాఓం పరానిష్ఠాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾನಿಷ್ಠಾಓಂ ಪರಾನಿಷ್ಠಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാനിഷ്ഠാഓം പരാനിഷ്ഠായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராநிஷ்டா²ஓம் பராநிஷ்டா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાનિષ્ઠાૐ પરાનિષ્ઠાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরানিষ্ঠাওঁ পরানিষ্ঠায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାନିଷ୍ଠାଓଁ ପରାନିଷ୍ଠାୟୈ ନମଃ