Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 618 of 1000: परमा · Paramā
The Supreme
Artha
What the name means
Nothing stands above her, and there is no further place to look once she is reached.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परमायै नमः
oṃ paramāyai namaḥ
om paramayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, paramā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
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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
- paramaom paramayai namah
- ITRANS
- paramAOM paramAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paramAOM paramAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరమాఓం పరమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಮಾಓಂ ಪರಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരമാഓം പരമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரமாஓம் பரமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરમાૐ પરમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরমাওঁ পরমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରମାଓଁ ପରମାୟୈ ନମଃ