Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 580 of 1000: महनीया · Mahanīyā
Worthy Of Honour
Artha
What the name means
She is what praise is properly directed toward, the gerundive marking an obligation rather than a compliment.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महनीयायै नमः
oṃ mahanīyāyai namaḥ
om mahaniyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahanīyā, 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
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.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- mahaniyaom mahaniyayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahanIyAOM mahanIyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahanIyAOM mahanIyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహనీయాఓం మహనీయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹನೀಯಾಓಂ ಮಹನೀಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹനീയാഓം മഹനീയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹனீயாஓம் மஹனீயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહનીયાૐ મહનીયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহনীয়াওঁ মহনীয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହନୀୟାଓଁ ମହନୀୟାୟୈ ନମଃ