Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 723 of 1000: स्वतन्त्रा · Svatantrā
Answerable To No One
Artha
What the name means
She runs on her own authority alone, taking her rule from nothing outside herself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ स्वतन्त्रायै नमः
oṃ svatantrāyai namaḥ
om svatantrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, svatantrā, as part of Shloka 140. 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
whose governing principle is her own
vigraha svaṃ tantraṃ yasyāḥ sā
one's own, self
framework, governing system, authority
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 140Names 723–727
स्वतन्त्रा सर्वतन्त्रेशी दक्षिणामूर्तिरूपिणी ।
सनकादिसमाराध्या शिवज्ञानप्रदायिनी ॥ १४० ॥
svatantrā sarvatantreśī dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī
sanakādisamārādhyā śivajñānapradāyinī
Study the whole shloka: The silent teacher who faces south
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- svatantraom svatantrayai namah
- ITRANS
- svatantrAOM svatantrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- svatantrAOM svatantrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- స్వతన్త్రాఓం స్వతన్త్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರಾಓಂ ಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സ്വതന്ത്രാഓം സ്വതന്ത്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்வதந்த்ராஓம் ஸ்வதந்த்ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સ્વતન્ત્રાૐ સ્વતન્ત્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- স্বতন্ত্রাওঁ স্বতন্ত্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ରାଓଁ ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ