Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 61 of 1000: सुधासागरमध्यस्थासुधा-सागर-मध्यस्था · SudhāsāgaramadhyasthāSudhā-sāgara-madhyasthā

Abiding Amid The Sea Of Nectar

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Artha

What the name means

Her island stands at the centre of an ocean of the drink that keeps the gods from dying.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ सुधासागरमध्यस्थायै नमः

oṃ sudhāsāgaramadhyasthāyai namaḥ

om sudhasagaramadhyasthayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sudhāsāgaramadhyasthā, as part of Shloka 23. 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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: sudhāsāgaramadhyasthā
सुधासागरमध्यस्थाsudhāsāgaramadhyasthā

abiding in the middle of the ocean of nectar

vigraha sudhāsāgarasya madhye sthā

सुधासागरमध्यsudhāsāgaramadhya

the middle of the ocean of nectar

vigraha sudhāsāgarasya madhyam

सुधासागरsudhāsāgara

the ocean that is nectar

vigraha sudhaiva sāgaraḥ

सुधाsudhā

the drink of the gods, nectar

सागरsāgara

ocean, sea

मध्यmadhya

the middle, the centre

स्थstha

standing, abiding in

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 23Names 59–63

महापद्माटवीसंस्था कदम्बवनवासिनी ।

सुधासागरमध्यस्था कामाक्षी कामदायिनी ॥ २३ ॥

mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā kadambavanavāsinī

sudhāsāgaramadhyasthā kāmākṣī kāmadāyinī

Study the whole shloka: Lotus forest, kadamba grove, sea of nectar — and then her eyes

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
sudhasagaramadhyasthaom sudhasagaramadhyasthayai namah
ITRANS
sudhAsAgaramadhyasthAOM sudhAsAgaramadhyasthAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
sudhAsAgaramadhyasthAOM sudhAsAgaramadhyasthAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
సుధాసాగరమధ్యస్థాఓం సుధాసాగరమధ్యస్థాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಸುಧಾಸಾಗರಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಸುಧಾಸಾಗರಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
സുധാസാഗരമധ്യസ്ഥാഓം സുധാസാഗരമധ്യസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ஸுதா⁴ஸாக³ரமத்⁴யஸ்தா²ஓம் ஸுதா⁴ஸாக³ரமத்⁴யஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
સુધાસાગરમધ્યસ્થાૐ સુધાસાગરમધ્યસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
সুধাসাগরমধ্যস্থাওঁ সুধাসাগরমধ্যস্থায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ସୁଧାସାଗରମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥାଓଁ ସୁଧାସାଗରମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ