Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 712 of 1000: ई · Ī
The Syllable Ī
Artha
What the name means
She is the bare sound ī, which the lexicons also record as a name of Lakṣmī.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ यै नमः
oṃ yai namaḥ
om yai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ī, as part of Shloka 138. 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 vowel standing as a nāma, which the standard enumeration also counts separately here; published lists gloss it simply as the letter ī.
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 138Names 708–713
सर्वोपाधिविनिर्मुक्ता सदाशिवपतिव्रता ।
सम्प्रदायेश्वरी साध्वी गुरुमण्डलरूपिणी ॥ १३८ ॥
sarvopādhivinirmuktā sadāśivapativratā
sampradāyeśvarī sādhvī gurumaṇḍalarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Free of every adjunct, and the circle of teachers
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- iom yai namah
- ITRANS
- IOM yai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- IOM yai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఈఓం యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಈಓಂ ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഈഓം യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஈஓம் யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ઈૐ યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ঈওঁ যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଈଓଁ ଯୈ ନମଃ