Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 587 of 1000: श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्याश्री-षोडशाक्षरी-विद्या · ŚrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyāŚrī-ṣoḍaśākṣarī-vidyā

The Holy Sixteen-Syllabled Vidyā

Artha

What the name means

Beyond the fifteen-syllable formula stands its sixteen-syllable completion, and that mantra is her own body of sound.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्यायै नमः

oṃ śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyāyai namaḥ

om shrishodashaksharividyayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyā, 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.

ChantShloka 118, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →

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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyā

श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्याśrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyā

the auspicious knowledge consisting of sixteen syllables

vigraha śrīmatī ṣoḍaśākṣarī cāsau vidyā ca

श्रीśrī

light, splendour, prosperity; a mark of holiness

षोडशाक्षरीṣoḍaśākṣarī

Having Sixteen Syllables

vigraha ṣoḍaśa akṣarāṇi yasyāḥ sā

षोडशन्ṣoḍaśan

sixteen

अक्षरakṣara

imperishable; a syllable, a speech-sound

विद्याvidyā

knowledge, science, a mantra

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

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: shrishodashaksharividyaom shrishodashaksharividyayai namah
ITRANS: shrIShoDashAkSharIvidyAOM shrIShoDashAkSharIvidyAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: zrISoDazAkSarIvidyAOM zrISoDazAkSarIvidyAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: శ్రీషోడశాక్షరీవిద్యాఓం శ్రీషోడశాక్షరీవిద్యాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಶ್ರೀಷೋಡಶಾಕ್ಷರೀವಿದ್ಯಾಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಷೋಡಶಾಕ್ಷರೀವಿದ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ശ്രീഷോഡശാക്ഷരീവിദ്യാഓം ശ്രീഷോഡശാക്ഷരീവിദ്യായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: ஸ்ரீஷோட³ஶாக்ஷரீவித்³யாஓம் ஸ்ரீஷோட³ஶாக்ஷரீவித்³யாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: શ્રીષોડશાક્ષરીવિદ્યાૐ શ્રીષોડશાક્ષરીવિદ્યાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: শ্রীষোডশাক্ষরীবিদ্যাওঁ শ্রীষোডশাক্ষরীবিদ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ଶ୍ରୀଷୋଡଶାକ୍ଷରୀବିଦ୍ୟାଓଁ ଶ୍ରୀଷୋଡଶାକ୍ଷରୀବିଦ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ