Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 774 of 1000: महती · Mahatī
The Great One
Artha
What the name means
She is simply great — great in extent, in age and in worth, with nothing to compare her to.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महत्यै नमः
oṃ mahatyai namaḥ
om mahatyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahatī, as part of Shloka 148. 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
Feminine of the consonant stem mahat.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 148Names 771–776
दुराराध्या दुराधर्षा पाटलीकुसुमप्रिया ।
महती मेरुनिलया मन्दारकुसुमप्रिया ॥ १४८ ॥
durārādhyā durādharṣā pāṭalīkusumapriyā
mahatī merunilayā mandārakusumapriyā
Study the whole shloka: Hard to approach, and fond of two particular flowers
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahatiom mahatyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahatIOM mahatyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahatIOM mahatyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహతీఓం మహత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹತೀಓಂ ಮಹತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹതീഓം മഹത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹதீஓம் மஹத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહતીૐ મહત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহতীওঁ মহত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହତୀଓଁ ମହତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ