Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 637 of 1000: विश्वगर्भाविश्व-गर्भा · ViśvagarbhāViśva-garbhā

Whose Womb Is The Universe

Artha

What the name means

All that exists is carried inside her.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ विश्वगर्भायै नमः

oṃ viśvagarbhāyai namaḥ

om vishvagarbhayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvagarbhā, as part of Shloka 127. 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.

ChantShloka 127, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: viśvagarbhā

विश्वगर्भाviśvagarbhā

she who holds the whole world in her womb

vigraha viśvaṃ garbhe yasyāḥ sā

विश्वviśva

all, the whole world

गर्भgarbha

womb, interior

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 127Names 637–644

विश्वगर्भा स्वर्णगर्भाऽवरदा वागधीश्वरी ।

ध्यानगम्याऽपरिच्छेद्या ज्ञानदा ज्ञानविग्रहा ॥ १२७ ॥

viśvagarbhā svarṇagarbhā'varadā vāgadhīśvarī

dhyānagamyā'paricchedyā jñānadā jñānavigrahā

Study the whole shloka: Two wombs, then the knowledge that has no edges

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: vishvagarbhaom vishvagarbhayai namah
ITRANS: vishvagarbhAOM vishvagarbhAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: vizvagarbhAOM vizvagarbhAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: విశ్వగర్భాఓం విశ్వగర్భాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ವಿಶ್ವಗರ್ಭಾಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಗರ್ಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: വിശ്വഗര്ഭാഓം വിശ്വഗര്ഭായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: விஶ்வக³ர்பா⁴ஓம் விஶ்வக³ர்பா⁴யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: વિશ્વગર્ભાૐ વિશ્વગર્ભાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বিশ্বগর্ভাওঁ বিশ্বগর্ভায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବିଶ୍ୱଗର୍ଭାଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱଗର୍ଭାୟୈ ନମଃ