Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 640 of 1000: वागधीश्वरी · Vāgadhīśvarī
Supreme Mistress Of Speech
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.
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
the overlord of all speech
vigraha vācām adhīśvarī
speech, voice, word
supreme mistress
vigraha adhikā īśvarī
over, above
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
Chanted with it
- 637विश्वगर्भाviśvagarbhāWhose Womb Is The Universe
- 638स्वर्णगर्भाsvarṇagarbhāWhose Womb Holds The Gold
- 639अवरदाavaradāGiver To The Lowliest
- 641ध्यानगम्याdhyānagamyāReached Through Meditation
- 642अपरिच्छेद्याaparicchedyāUnbounded
- 643ज्ञानदाjñānadāGiver Of Knowledge
- 644ज्ञानविग्रहाjñānavigrahāWhose Body Is Knowledge
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