Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 740 of 1000: लज्जा · Lajjā
Modesty
Artha
What the name means
She is the reticence that keeps a thing worth having out of plain sight.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ लज्जायै नमः
oṃ lajjāyai namaḥ
om lajjayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, lajjā, as part of Shloka 142. 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 142Names 735–741
मिथ्याजगदधिष्ठाना मुक्तिदा मुक्तिरूपिणी ।
लास्यप्रिया लयकरी लज्जा रम्भादिवन्दिता ॥ १४२ ॥
mithyājagadadhiṣṭhānā muktidā muktirūpiṇī
lāsyapriyā layakarī lajjā rambhādivanditā
Study the whole shloka: The ground of a false world, and a woman dancing
Chanted with it
- 735मिथ्याजगदधिष्ठानाmithyājagadadhiṣṭhānāGround Of The Illusory World
- 736मुक्तिदाmuktidāGiver Of Liberation
- 737मुक्तिरूपिणीmuktirūpiṇīEmbodied As Liberation
- 738लास्यप्रियाlāsyapriyāFond Of The Lāsya Dance
- 739लयकरीlayakarīBringer Of Dissolution
- 741रम्भादिवन्दिताrambhādivanditāPraised By Rambhā And The Apsarases
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- lajjaom lajjayai namah
- ITRANS
- lajjAOM lajjAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- lajjAOM lajjAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- లజ్జాఓం లజ్జాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಲಜ್ಜಾಓಂ ಲಜ್ಜಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ലജ്ജാഓം ലജ്ജായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- லஜ்ஜாஓம் லஜ்ஜாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- લજ્જાૐ લજ્જાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- লজ্জাওঁ লজ্জায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଲଜ୍ଜାଓଁ ଲଜ୍ଜାୟୈ ନମଃ