Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 624 of 1000: गुह्या · Guhyā
The Secret One
Artha
What the name means
She is to be kept hidden, spoken of only where the speaking will do good.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गुह्यायै नमः
oṃ guhyāyai namaḥ
om guhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, guhyā, as part of Shloka 125. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
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 125Names 622–629
क्लीङ्कारी केवला गुह्या कैवल्यपददायिनी ।
त्रिपुरा त्रिजगद्वन्द्या त्रिमूर्तिस्त्रिदशेश्वरी ॥ १२५ ॥
klīṅkārī kevalā guhyā kaivalyapadadāyinī
tripurā trijagadvandyā trimūrtistridaśeśvarī
Study the whole shloka: The one who is alone, and the one who is three
Chanted with it
- 622क्लीङ्कारीklīṅkārīUttering The Syllable Klīṃ
- 623केवलाkevalāThe Sole One
- 625कैवल्यपददायिनीkaivalyapadadāyinīGiver Of The State Of Aloneness
- 626त्रिपुराtripurāShe Of The Three Cities
- 627त्रिजगद्वन्द्याtrijagadvandyāRevered By The Three Worlds
- 628त्रिमूर्तिःtrimūrtiḥOf Threefold Form
- 629त्रिदशेश्वरीtridaśeśvarīSovereign Of The Thirty Gods
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- guhyaom guhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- guhyAOM guhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- guhyAOM guhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గుహ్యాఓం గుహ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗುಹ್ಯಾಓಂ ಗುಹ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗുഹ്യാഓം ഗുഹ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கு³ஹ்யாஓம் கு³ஹ்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગુહ્યાૐ ગુહ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গুহ্যাওঁ গুহ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗୁହ୍ୟାଓଁ ଗୁହ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ