Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 753 of 1000: महाशना · Mahāśanā
The Great Eater
Artha
What the name means
Her appetite has no floor to it, for everything that comes into being is eventually her food.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाशनायै नमः
oṃ mahāśanāyai namaḥ
om mahashanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāśanā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
whose eating is vast
vigraha mahad aśanaṃ yasyāḥ sā
great, much, vast
eating, food
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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
- mahashanaom mahashanayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAshanAOM mahAshanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAzanAOM mahAzanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాశనాఓం మహాశనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಶನಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಶನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാശനാഓം മഹാശനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாஶனாஓம் மஹாஶனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાશનાૐ મહાશનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাশনাওঁ মহাশনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାଶନାଓଁ ମହାଶନାୟୈ ନମଃ