Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 617 of 1000: आत्मा · Ātmā
The Self
Artha
What the name means
She is the self, the single thing every creature points to when it says the word 'I'.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ आत्मने नमः
oṃ ātmane namaḥ
om atmane namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ātmā, as part of Shloka 124. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
ātman is grammatically masculine and stays so here, though the epithet is used of the goddess
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 124Names 615–621
आदिशक्तिरमेयाऽऽत्मा परमा पावनाकृतिः ।
अनेककोटिब्रह्माण्डजननी दिव्यविग्रहा ॥ १२४ ॥
ādiśaktirameyā''tmā paramā pāvanākṛtiḥ
anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍajananī divyavigrahā
Study the whole shloka: From the immeasurable to the body it wears
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- atmaom atmane namah
- ITRANS
- AtmAOM Atmane namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- AtmAOM Atmane namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఆత్మాఓం ఆత్మనే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಆತ್ಮಾಓಂ ಆತ್ಮನೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ആത്മാഓം ആത്മനേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஆத்மாஓம் ஆத்மனே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- આત્માૐ આત્મને નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- আত্মাওঁ আত্মনে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଆତ୍ମାଓଁ ଆତ୍ମନେ ନମଃ