Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 752 of 1000: महाग्रासामहा-ग्रासा · MahāgrāsāMahā-grāsā
Of The Great Devouring
Artha
What the name means
At the end of an age the whole of creation is one mouthful to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाग्रासायै नमः
oṃ mahāgrāsāyai namaḥ
om mahagrasayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāgrāsā, 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
whose morsel is enormous
vigraha mahān grāso yasyāḥ sā
great, huge
a mouthful, morsel; the portion swallowed in an eclipse
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
- mahagrasaom mahagrasayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAgrAsAOM mahAgrAsAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAgrAsAOM mahAgrAsAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాగ్రాసాఓం మహాగ్రాసాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಗ್ರಾಸಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಗ್ರಾಸಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാഗ്രാസാഓം മഹാഗ്രാസായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாக்³ராஸாஓம் மஹாக்³ராஸாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાગ્રાસાૐ મહાગ્રાસાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাগ্রাসাওঁ মহাগ্রাসায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଗ୍ରାସାଓଁ ମହାଗ୍ରାସାୟୈ ନମଃ