Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 719 of 1000: गणाम्बा · Gaṇāmbā
Mother Of The Hosts
Artha
What the name means
The troops of attendants who crowd around Śiva look to her as their mother.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गणाम्बायै नमः
oṃ gaṇāmbāyai namaḥ
om ganambayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gaṇāmbā, 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
mother of the gaṇas
vigraha gaṇānām ambā
troop, host, band of Śiva's attendants
mother
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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
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ganambaom ganambayai namah
- ITRANS
- gaNAmbAOM gaNAmbAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gaNAmbAOM gaNAmbAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గణామ్బాఓం గణామ్బాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗಣಾಮ್ಬಾಓಂ ಗಣಾಮ್ಬಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗണാമ്ബാഓം ഗണാമ്ബായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- க³ணாம்பா³ஓம் க³ணாம்பா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગણામ્બાૐ ગણામ્બાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গণাম্বাওঁ গণাম্বায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗଣାମ୍ବାଓଁ ଗଣାମ୍ବାୟୈ ନମଃ