Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 782 of 1000: पराकाशा · Parākāśā
The Supreme Ether
Artha
What the name means
She is the space beyond space, in which the sky itself has room to be.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पराकाशायै नमः
oṃ parākāśāyai namaḥ
om parakashayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parākāśā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
The masculine ākāśa takes the feminine ending in agreement with the goddess.
the highest ether
vigraha paraḥ ākāśaḥ
highest, supreme, beyond
open space, ether, sky
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- 780विश्वतोमुखीviśvatomukhīFacing Every Direction
- 781प्रत्यग्रूपाpratyagrūpāWhose Form Is The Inward Self
- 783प्राणदाprāṇadāGiver Of Life
- 784प्राणरूपिणीprāṇarūpiṇīEmbodied As The Breath Of Life
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- parakashaom parakashayai namah
- ITRANS
- parAkAshAOM parAkAshAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAkAzAOM parAkAzAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరాకాశాఓం పరాకాశాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾಕಾಶಾಓಂ ಪರಾಕಾಶಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാകാശാഓം പരാകാശായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராகாஶாஓம் பராகாஶாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાકાશાૐ પરાકાશાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরাকাশাওঁ পরাকাশায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାକାଶାଓଁ ପରାକାଶାୟୈ ନମଃ