Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 716 of 1000: माया · Māyā
Māyā
Artha
What the name means
She is Māyā, the strange power that unfolds a world of appearances and conceals herself inside it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मायायै नमः
oṃ māyāyai namaḥ
om mayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, māyā, as part of Shloka 139. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 139Names 714–722
कुलोत्तीर्णा भगाराध्या माया मधुमती मही ।
गणाम्बा गुह्यकाराध्या कोमलाङ्गी गुरुप्रिया ॥ १३९ ॥
kulottīrṇā bhagārādhyā māyā madhumatī mahī
gaṇāmbā guhyakārādhyā komalāṅgī gurupriyā
Study the whole shloka: Beyond the kula, and made of honey
Chanted with it
- 714कुलोत्तीर्णाkulottīrṇāRisen Above The Kula
- 715भगाराध्याbhagārādhyāWorshipped Through Bhaga
- 717मधुमतीmadhumatīFull Of Sweetness
- 718महीmahīThe Wide Earth
- 719गणाम्बाgaṇāmbāMother Of The Hosts
- 720गुह्यकाराध्याguhyakārādhyāWorshipped By The Guhyakas
- 721कोमलाङ्गीkomalāṅgīTender-Limbed
- 722गुरुप्रियाgurupriyāFond Of The Guru
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mayaom mayayai namah
- ITRANS
- mAyAOM mAyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mAyAOM mAyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మాయాఓం మాయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಾಯಾಓಂ ಮಾಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മായാഓം മായായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மாயாஓம் மாயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- માયાૐ માયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মায়াওঁ মায়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମାୟାଓଁ ମାୟାୟୈ ନମଃ