Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 754 of 1000: अपर्णा · Aparṇā
She Who Refused Even A Leaf
Artha
What the name means
In her austerities she gave up food by degrees until she would not take even a fallen leaf, and by that won Śiva.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अपर्णायै नमः
oṃ aparṇāyai namaḥ
om aparnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, aparṇā, 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
she who is without a leaf
vigraha na vidyate parṇaṃ yasyāḥ sā
not, without (privative prefix)
leaf
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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
- aparnaom aparnayai namah
- ITRANS
- aparNAOM aparNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- aparNAOM aparNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అపర్ణాఓం అపర్ణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಪರ್ಣಾಓಂ ಅಪರ್ಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അപര്ണാഓം അപര്ണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அபர்ணாஓம் அபர்ணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અપર્ણાૐ અપર્ણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অপর্ণাওঁ অপর্ণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅପର୍ଣାଓଁ ଅପର୍ଣାୟୈ ନମଃ