Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 578 of 1000: महाकैलासनिलयामहा-कैलास-निलया · MahākailāsanilayāMahā-kailāsa-nilayā
Housed On The Great Kailāsa
Artha
What the name means
Her residence is the northern peak where Śiva is said to sit, here called great to mark it off from any earthly mountain.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाकैलासनिलयायै नमः
oṃ mahākailāsanilayāyai namaḥ
om mahakailasanilayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahākailāsanilayā, as part of Shloka 117. 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 whose dwelling is the great Kailāsa
vigraha mahākailāso nilayo yasyāḥ sā
The Great Kailāsa
vigraha mahāṃś cāsau kailāsaś ca
great, mighty
Kailāsa, the mountain seat of Śiva
resting place, abode
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 117Names 578–582
महाकैलासनिलया मृणालमृदुदोर्लता ।
महनीया दयामूर्तिर्महासाम्राज्यशालिनी ॥ ११७ ॥
mahākailāsanilayā mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā
mahanīyā dayāmūrtirmahāsāmrājyaśālinī
Study the whole shloka: Soft arms on the great mountain, and an empire
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahakailasanilayaom mahakailasanilayayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAkailAsanilayAOM mahAkailAsanilayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAkailAsanilayAOM mahAkailAsanilayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాకైలాసనిలయాఓం మహాకైలాసనిలయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಕೈಲಾಸನಿಲಯಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಕೈಲಾಸನಿಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാകൈലാസനിലയാഓം മഹാകൈലാസനിലയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாகைலாஸநிலயாஓம் மஹாகைலாஸநிலயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાકૈલાસનિલયાૐ મહાકૈલાસનિલયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাকৈলাসনিলয়াওঁ মহাকৈলাসনিলয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାକୈଲାସନିଲୟାଓଁ ମହାକୈଲାସନିଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ