Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 673 of 1000: बृहती · Bṛhatī
The Vast One
Artha
What the name means
She is wide and lofty, large enough that nothing has to be left outside her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ बृहत्यै नमः
oṃ bṛhatyai namaḥ
om brihatyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bṛhatī, 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
- 671वृद्धाvṛddhāThe Ancient One
- 672ब्रह्मात्मैक्यस्वरूपिणीbrahmātmaikyasvarūpiṇīWhose Nature Is The Oneness Of Brahman And Self
- 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
- brihatiom brihatyai namah
- ITRANS
- bRRihatIOM bRRihatyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bRhatIOM bRhatyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బృహతీఓం బృహత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬೃಹತೀಓಂ ಬೃಹತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബൃഹതീഓം ബൃഹത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்³ருஹதீஓம் ப்³ருஹத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બૃહતીૐ બૃહત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বৃহতীওঁ বৃহত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବୃହତୀଓଁ ବୃହତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ