Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 591 of 1000: शिरःस्थिताशिरः-स्थिता · ŚiraḥsthitāŚiraḥ-sthitā
Seated In The Head
Artha
What the name means
In the meditation on her placement through the body she is first fixed at the crown of the head.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिरःस्थितायै नमः
oṃ śiraḥsthitāyai namaḥ
om shirahsthitayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śiraḥsthitā, as part of Shloka 119. 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 who is stationed in the head
vigraha śirasi sthitā
the head, the skull
standing, placed, situated
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 119Names 590–594
कटाक्षकिङ्करीभूतकमलाकोटिसेविता ।
शिरःस्थिता चन्द्रनिभा भालस्थेन्द्रधनुःप्रभा ॥ ११९ ॥
kaṭākṣakiṅkarībhūtakamalākoṭisevitā
śiraḥsthitā candranibhā bhālasthendradhanuḥprabhā
Study the whole shloka: Millions of Lakṣmīs, then a moon and a rainbow
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shirahsthitaom shirahsthitayai namah
- ITRANS
- shiraHsthitAOM shiraHsthitAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ziraHsthitAOM ziraHsthitAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శిరఃస్థితాఓం శిరఃస్థితాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿರಃಸ್ಥಿತಾಓಂ ಶಿರಃಸ್ಥಿತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിരഃസ്ഥിതാഓം ശിരഃസ്ഥിതായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிரஃஸ்தி²தாஓம் ஶிரஃஸ்தி²தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિરઃસ્થિતાૐ શિરઃસ્થિતાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিরঃস্থিতাওঁ শিরঃস্থিতায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିରଃସ୍ଥିତାଓଁ ଶିରଃସ୍ଥିତାୟୈ ନମଃ