Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 605 of 1000: गोमाता · Gomātā
Mother Of Cattle
Artha
What the name means
She is the mother of the herds, the source of the cattle on whose milk and labour human life has always leaned.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गोमात्रे नमः
oṃ gomātre namaḥ
om gomatre namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gomātā, as part of Shloka 121. 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
the mother of cows
vigraha gavāṃ mātā
a cow, cattle
mother
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 121Names 601–606
दरान्दोलितदीर्घाक्षी दरहासोज्ज्वलन्मुखी ।
गुरुमूर्तिर्गुणनिधिर्गोमाता गुहजन्मभूः ॥ १२१ ॥
darāndolitadīrghākṣī darahāsojjvalanmukhī
gurumūrtirguṇanidhirgomātā guhajanmabhūḥ
Study the whole shloka: The slight smile, and the teacher's form
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gomataom gomatre namah
- ITRANS
- gomAtAOM gomAtre namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gomAtAOM gomAtre namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గోమాతాఓం గోమాత్రే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗೋಮಾತಾಓಂ ಗೋಮಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗോമാതാഓം ഗോമാത്രേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கோ³மாதாஓம் கோ³மாத்ரே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગોમાતાૐ ગોમાત્રે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গোমাতাওঁ গোমাত্রে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗୋମାତାଓଁ ଗୋମାତ୍ରେ ନମଃ