Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 643 of 1000: ज्ञानदा · Jñānadā
Giver Of Knowledge
Artha
What the name means
Knowledge is hers to hand over, and no one takes it who has not been given it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ज्ञानदायै नमः
oṃ jñānadāyai namaḥ
om jnanadayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jñānadā, 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
she who bestows knowledge
vigraha jñānaṃ dadātīti
knowing, knowledge
giving
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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
- 637विश्वगर्भाviśvagarbhāWhose Womb Is The Universe
- 638स्वर्णगर्भाsvarṇagarbhāWhose Womb Holds The Gold
- 639अवरदाavaradāGiver To The Lowliest
- 640वागधीश्वरीvāgadhīśvarīSupreme Mistress Of Speech
- 641ध्यानगम्याdhyānagamyāReached Through Meditation
- 642अपरिच्छेद्याaparicchedyāUnbounded
- 644ज्ञानविग्रहाjñānavigrahāWhose Body Is Knowledge
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- jnanadaom jnanadayai namah
- ITRANS
- j~nAnadAOM j~nAnadAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jJAnadAOM jJAnadAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జ్ఞానదాఓం జ్ఞానదాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜ್ಞಾನದಾಓಂ ಜ್ಞಾನದಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജ്ഞാനദാഓം ജ്ഞാനദായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜ்ஞானதா³ஓம் ஜ்ஞானதா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જ્ઞાનદાૐ જ્ઞાનદાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জ্ঞানদাওঁ জ্ঞানদায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜ୍ଞାନଦାଓଁ ଜ୍ଞାନଦାୟୈ ନମଃ