Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 576 of 1000: मत्ता · Mattā
Intoxicated
Artha
What the name means
She is flushed and elated, the word covering both the effect of drink and a rapture that needs none.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मत्तायै नमः
oṃ mattāyai namaḥ
om mattayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mattā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
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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
- mattaom mattayai namah
- ITRANS
- mattAOM mattAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mattAOM mattAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మత్తాఓం మత్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮತ್ತಾಓಂ ಮತ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മത്താഓം മത്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மத்தாஓம் மத்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મત્તાૐ મત્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মত্তাওঁ মত্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମତ୍ତାଓଁ ମତ୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ