Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 750 of 1000: महेश्वरी · Maheśvarī
Great Sovereign Lady
Artha
What the name means
She is Maheśvarī, the great ruler, consort and equal of Maheśvara himself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महेश्वर्यै नमः
oṃ maheśvaryai namaḥ
om maheshvaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, maheśvarī, as part of Shloka 145. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the great sovereign lady
vigraha mahatī cāsau īśvarī ca
great, mighty, vast
mistress, sovereign lady
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 145Names 750–756
महेश्वरी महाकाली महाग्रासा महाशना ।
अपर्णा चण्डिका चण्डमुण्डासुरनिषूदिनी ॥ १४५ ॥
maheśvarī mahākālī mahāgrāsā mahāśanā
aparṇā caṇḍikā caṇḍamuṇḍāsuraniṣūdinī
Study the whole shloka: The great eater who would not take a leaf
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- maheshvariom maheshvaryai namah
- ITRANS
- maheshvarIOM maheshvaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahezvarIOM mahezvaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహేశ్వరీఓం మహేశ్వర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹೇಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹേശ്വരീഓം മഹേശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹேஶ்வரீஓம் மஹேஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહેશ્વરીૐ મહેશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহেশ্বরীওঁ মহেশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହେଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ ମହେଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ