Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 61 of 1000: सुधासागरमध्यस्थासुधा-सागर-मध्यस्था · SudhāsāgaramadhyasthāSudhā-sāgara-madhyasthā
Abiding Amid The Sea Of Nectar
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
abiding in the middle of the ocean of nectar
vigraha sudhāsāgarasya madhye sthā
the middle of the ocean of nectar
vigraha sudhāsāgarasya madhyam
the ocean that is nectar
vigraha sudhaiva sāgaraḥ
the drink of the gods, nectar
ocean, sea
the middle, the centre
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