Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 651 of 1000: विज्ञात्री · Vijñātrī
The Knower
Artha
What the name means
She is the one who knows, standing behind every act of knowing as the one for whom it happens.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विज्ञात्र्यै नमः
oṃ vijñātryai namaḥ
om vijnatryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vijñātrī, as part of Shloka 129. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 129Names 649–657
अदृश्या दृश्यरहिता विज्ञात्री वेद्यवर्जिता ।
योगिनी योगदा योग्या योगानन्दा युगन्धरा ॥ १२९ ॥
adṛśyā dṛśyarahitā vijñātrī vedyavarjitā
yoginī yogadā yogyā yogānandā yugandharā
Study the whole shloka: A seer with nothing to see, and five names from one root
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vijnatriom vijnatryai namah
- ITRANS
- vij~nAtrIOM vij~nAtryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vijJAtrIOM vijJAtryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విజ్ఞాత్రీఓం విజ్ఞాత్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಜ್ಞಾತ್ರೀಓಂ ವಿಜ್ಞಾತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിജ്ഞാത്രീഓം വിജ്ഞാത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஜ்ஞாத்ரீஓம் விஜ்ஞாத்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિજ્ઞાત્રીૐ વિજ્ઞાત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিজ্ঞাত্রীওঁ বিজ্ঞাত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଜ୍ଞାତ୍ରୀଓଁ ବିଜ୍ଞାତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ