Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 595 of 1000: हृदयस्था · Hṛdayasthā
Dwelling In The Heart
Artha
What the name means
The third station of the meditation is the heart, the seat the texts give to feeling and to true knowing alike.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ हृदयस्थायै नमः
oṃ hṛdayasthāyai namaḥ
om hridayasthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, hṛdayasthā, as part of Shloka 120. 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 seated in the heart
vigraha hṛdaye sthitā
the heart, the seat of feeling and of knowledge
standing in, situated in
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 120Names 595–600
हृदयस्था रविप्रख्या त्रिकोणान्तरदीपिका ।
दाक्षायणी दैत्यहन्त्री दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी ॥ १२० ॥
hṛdayasthā raviprakhyā trikoṇāntaradīpikā
dākṣāyaṇī daityahantrī dakṣayajñavināśinī
Study the whole shloka: Sun in the heart, lamp in the triangle, Dakṣa's ruined rite
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- hridayasthaom hridayasthayai namah
- ITRANS
- hRRidayasthAOM hRRidayasthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- hRdayasthAOM hRdayasthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- హృదయస్థాఓం హృదయస్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಹೃದಯಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಹೃದಯಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഹൃദയസ്ഥാഓം ഹൃദയസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஹ்ருத³யஸ்தா²ஓம் ஹ்ருத³யஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- હૃદયસ્થાૐ હૃદયસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- হৃদয়স্থাওঁ হৃদয়স্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ହୃଦୟସ୍ଥାଓଁ ହୃଦୟସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ