Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 665 of 1000: एकाकिनी · Ekākinī
The Solitary One
Artha
What the name means
She is alone, with nothing beside her that would count as a second.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ एकाकिन्यै नमः
oṃ ekākinyai namaḥ
om ekakinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ekākinī, as part of Shloka 131. 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.
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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 131Names 662–668
अष्टमूर्तिरजाजैत्री लोकयात्राविधायिनी ।
एकाकिनी भूमरूपा निर्द्वैता द्वैतवर्जिता ॥ १३१ ॥
aṣṭamūrtirajājaitrī lokayātrāvidhāyinī
ekākinī bhūmarūpā nirdvaitā dvaitavarjitā
Study the whole shloka: Eight forms, the unborn defeated, and no second thing
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ekakiniom ekakinyai namah
- ITRANS
- ekAkinIOM ekAkinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ekAkinIOM ekAkinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఏకాకినీఓం ఏకాకిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಏಕಾಕಿನೀಓಂ ಏಕಾಕಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഏകാകിനീഓം ഏകാകിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஏகாகினீஓம் ஏகாகின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- એકાકિનીૐ એકાકિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- একাকিনীওঁ একাকিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଏକାକିନୀଓଁ ଏକାକିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ