Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 633 of 1000: उमा · Umā
Umā
Artha
What the name means
She is Umā, the mountain's daughter who won Śiva by sheer persistence in austerity.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ उमायै नमः
oṃ umāyai namaḥ
om umayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, umā, as part of Shloka 126. 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 126Names 630–636
त्र्यक्षरी दिव्यगन्धाढ्या सिन्दूरतिलकाञ्चिता ।
उमा शैलेन्द्रतनया गौरी गन्धर्वसेविता ॥ १२६ ॥
tryakṣarī divyagandhāḍhyā sindūratilakāñcitā
umā śailendratanayā gaurī gandharvasevitā
Study the whole shloka: Three syllables, fragrance, vermilion, and the mountain's daughter
Chanted with it
- 630त्र्यक्षरीtryakṣarīOf Three Syllables
- 631दिव्यगन्धाढ्याdivyagandhāḍhyāRich In Divine Fragrance
- 632सिन्दूरतिलकाञ्चिताsindūratilakāñcitāAdorned With A Vermilion Mark
- 634शैलेन्द्रतनयाśailendratanayāDaughter Of The Mountain Lord
- 635गौरीgaurīThe Fair One
- 636गन्धर्वसेविताgandharvasevitāAttended By Gandharvas
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- umaom umayai namah
- ITRANS
- umAOM umAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- umAOM umAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఉమాఓం ఉమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಉಮಾಓಂ ಉಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഉമാഓം ഉമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- உமாஓம் உமாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ઉમાૐ ઉમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- উমাওঁ উমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଉମାଓଁ ଉମାୟୈ ନମଃ