Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 640 of 1000: वागधीश्वरी · Vāgadhīśvarī

Supreme Mistress Of Speech

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Artha

What the name means

Every kind of utterance, from the plainest word to the highest hymn, falls under her authority.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ वागधीश्वर्यै नमः

oṃ vāgadhīśvaryai namaḥ

om vagadhishvaryai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vāgadhīśvarī, 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
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Ranjani – Gayatri

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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: vāgadhīśvarī
वागधीश्वरीvāgadhīśvarī

the overlord of all speech

vigraha vācām adhīśvarī

वाच्vāc

speech, voice, word

अधीश्वरीadhīśvarī

supreme mistress

vigraha adhikā īśvarī

अधिadhi

over, above

ईश्वरीīśvarī

mistress, sovereign lady

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

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

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
vagadhishvariom vagadhishvaryai namah
ITRANS
vAgadhIshvarIOM vAgadhIshvaryai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
vAgadhIzvarIOM vAgadhIzvaryai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
వాగధీశ్వరీఓం వాగధీశ్వర్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ವಾಗಧೀಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ವಾಗಧೀಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
വാഗധീശ്വരീഓം വാഗധീശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
வாக³தீ⁴ஶ்வரீஓம் வாக³தீ⁴ஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
વાગધીશ્વરીૐ વાગધીશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
বাগধীশ্বরীওঁ বাগধীশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ବାଗଧୀଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ ବାଗଧୀଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ