Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 671 of 1000: वृद्धा · Vṛddhā
The Ancient One
Artha
What the name means
She is old past reckoning, having grown before there was anything else to grow alongside.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वृद्धायै नमः
oṃ vṛddhāyai namaḥ
om vriddhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vṛddhā, as part of Shloka 132. 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
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 132Names 669–677
अन्नदा वसुदा वृद्धा ब्रह्मात्मैक्यस्वरूपिणी ।
बृहती ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मानन्दा बलिप्रिया ॥ १३२ ॥
annadā vasudā vṛddhā brahmātmaikyasvarūpiṇī
bṛhatī brāhmaṇī brāhmī brahmānandā balipriyā
Study the whole shloka: Food and wealth, the identity of self and absolute, and a portion set aside
Chanted with it
- 669अन्नदाannadāGiver Of Food
- 670वसुदाvasudāGiver Of Wealth
- 672ब्रह्मात्मैक्यस्वरूपिणीbrahmātmaikyasvarūpiṇīWhose Nature Is The Oneness Of Brahman And Self
- 673बृहतीbṛhatīThe Vast One
- 674ब्राह्मणीbrāhmaṇīThe Brāhmaṇ's Consort
- 675ब्राह्मीbrāhmīBrāhmī
- 676ब्रह्मानन्दाbrahmānandāWhose Bliss Is That Of Brahman
- 677बलिप्रियाbalipriyāTo Whom Offerings Are Dear
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vriddhaom vriddhayai namah
- ITRANS
- vRRiddhAOM vRRiddhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vRddhAOM vRddhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వృద్ధాఓం వృద్ధాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವೃದ್ಧಾಓಂ ವೃದ್ಧಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വൃദ്ധാഓം വൃദ്ധായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வ்ருத்³தா⁴ஓம் வ்ருத்³தா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વૃદ્ધાૐ વૃદ્ધાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বৃদ্ধাওঁ বৃদ্ধায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବୃଦ୍ଧାଓଁ ବୃଦ୍ଧାୟୈ ନମଃ