Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 780 of 1000: विश्वतोमुखीविश्वतो-मुखी · ViśvatomukhīViśvato-mukhī
Facing Every Direction
Artha
What the name means
Turn where you like and you meet her face, for she has no back to be behind.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वतोमुख्यै नमः
oṃ viśvatomukhyai namaḥ
om vishvatomukhyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvatomukhī, as part of Shloka 149. 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 face is turned every way
vigraha viśvato mukhaṃ yasyāḥ sā
from or on all sides, in every direction
face, mouth
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 149Names 777–784
वीराराध्या विराड्रूपा विरजा विश्वतोमुखी ।
प्रत्यग्रूपा पराकाशा प्राणदा प्राणरूपिणी ॥ १४९ ॥
vīrārādhyā virāḍrūpā virajā viśvatomukhī
pratyagrūpā parākāśā prāṇadā prāṇarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The cosmic body, the inward self, and the breath between them
Chanted with it
- 777वीराराध्याvīrārādhyāWorshipped By The Heroes
- 778विराड्रूपाvirāḍrūpāWhose Form Is Virāj
- 779विरजाःvirajāḥFree Of Dust And Passion
- 781प्रत्यग्रूपाpratyagrūpāWhose Form Is The Inward Self
- 782पराकाशाparākāśāThe Supreme Ether
- 783प्राणदाprāṇadāGiver Of Life
- 784प्राणरूपिणीprāṇarūpiṇīEmbodied As The Breath Of Life
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvatomukhiom vishvatomukhyai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvatomukhIOM vishvatomukhyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvatomukhIOM vizvatomukhyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వతోముఖీఓం విశ్వతోముఖ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವತೋಮುಖೀಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವತೋಮುಖ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വതോമുഖീഓം വിശ്വതോമുഖ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வதோமுகீ²ஓம் விஶ்வதோமுக்²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વતોમુખીૐ વિશ્વતોમુખ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বতোমুখীওঁ বিশ্বতোমুখ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱତୋମୁଖୀଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱତୋମୁଖ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ