Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 584 of 1000: महाविद्यामहा-विद्या · MahāvidyāMahā-vidyā
The Great Learning
Artha
What the name means
Among the sciences hers is the one called great, since the rest end where it begins.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाविद्यायै नमः
oṃ mahāvidyāyai namaḥ
om mahavidyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāvidyā, as part of Shloka 118. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the knowledge that is great
vigraha mahatī cāsau vidyā ca
great, mighty
knowledge, science, learning
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 118Names 583–589
आत्मविद्या महाविद्या श्रीविद्या कामसेविता ।
श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्या त्रिकूटा कामकोटिका ॥ ११८ ॥
ātmavidyā mahāvidyā śrīvidyā kāmasevitā
śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyā trikūṭā kāmakoṭikā
Study the whole shloka: Four kinds of knowing, and the mantra named at last
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahavidyaom mahavidyayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAvidyAOM mahAvidyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAvidyAOM mahAvidyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహావిద్యాఓం మహావిద్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಓಂ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാവിദ്യാഓം മഹാവിദ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாவித்³யாஓம் மஹாவித்³யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાવિદ્યાૐ મહાવિદ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাবিদ্যাওঁ মহাবিদ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାଓଁ ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ