Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 694 of 1000: सागरमेखलासागर-मेखला · SāgaramekhalāSāgara-mekhalā
Girdled By The Ocean
Artha
What the name means
She wears the sea about her waist as the earth wears it, which is to say the earth is her body.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सागरमेखलायै नमः
oṃ sāgaramekhalāyai namaḥ
om sagaramekhalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sāgaramekhalā, as part of Shloka 135. 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose girdle is the ocean
vigraha sāgaraḥ mekhalā yasyāḥ sā
the ocean
a girdle, a belt worn round the waist
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 135Names 689–694
राज्यलक्ष्मीः कोशनाथा चतुरङ्गबलेश्वरी ।
साम्राज्यदायिनी सत्यसन्धा सागरमेखला ॥ १३५ ॥
rājyalakṣmīḥ kośanāthā caturaṅgabaleśvarī
sāmrājyadāyinī satyasandhā sāgaramekhalā
Study the whole shloka: Treasury, army, empire, and the ocean at the border
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sagaramekhalaom sagaramekhalayai namah
- ITRANS
- sAgaramekhalAOM sAgaramekhalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sAgaramekhalAOM sAgaramekhalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సాగరమేఖలాఓం సాగరమేఖలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸಾಗರಮೇಖಲಾಓಂ ಸಾಗರಮೇಖಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സാഗരമേഖലാഓം സാഗരമേഖലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸாக³ரமேக²லாஓம் ஸாக³ரமேக²லாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સાગરમેખલાૐ સાગરમેખલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সাগরমেখলাওঁ সাগরমেখলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସାଗରମେଖଲାଓଁ ସାଗରମେଖଲାୟୈ ନମଃ