Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 718 of 1000: मही · Mahī
The Wide Earth
Artha
What the name means
She is Mahī, the broad ground that carries without complaint everything set upon it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मह्यै नमः
oṃ mahyai namaḥ
om mahyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahī, 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
- 716मायाmāyāMāyā
- 717मधुमतीmadhumatīFull Of Sweetness
- 719गणाम्बाgaṇāmbāMother Of The Hosts
- 720गुह्यकाराध्याguhyakārādhyāWorshipped By The Guhyakas
- 721कोमलाङ्गीkomalāṅgīTender-Limbed
- 722गुरुप्रियाgurupriyāFond Of The Guru
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahiom mahyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahIOM mahyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahIOM mahyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహీఓం మహ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹೀಓಂ ಮಹ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹീഓം മഹ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹீஓம் மஹ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહીૐ મહ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহীওঁ মহ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହୀଓଁ ମହ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ