Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 790 of 1000: परापरा · Parāparā
Both Higher And Lower
Artha
What the name means
She is the far and the near at once, the cause and the effect, without being divided by the difference.
parāparā is a dvandva compound: a pairing of equals: “X and Y”. Read whole, it says the transcendent and the immanent together, which the tradition unpacks as parā ca aparā ca.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परापरायै नमः
oṃ parāparāyai namaḥ
om paraparayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parāparā, as part of Shloka 150. 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 transcendent and the immanent together
vigraha parā ca aparā ca
a pairing of equals: “X and Y”
far, higher, transcendent
nearer, lower, subsequent
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 150Names 785–790
मार्ताण्डभैरवाराध्या मन्त्रिणीन्यस्तराज्यधूः ।
त्रिपुरेशी जयत्सेना निस्त्रैगुण्या परापरा ॥ १५० ॥
mārtāṇḍabhairavārādhyā mantriṇīnyastarājyadhūḥ
tripureśī jayatsenā nistraiguṇyā parāparā
Study the whole shloka: A sovereign who delegates, and a sovereignty no quality can touch
Chanted with it
- 785मार्ताण्डभैरवाराध्याmārtāṇḍabhairavārādhyāWorshipped By Mārtāṇḍa-Bhairava
- 786मन्त्रिणीन्यस्तराज्यधूःmantriṇīnyastarājyadhūḥWho Set The Realm's Burden On Her Minister
- 787त्रिपुरेशीtripureśīMistress Of Tripura
- 788जयत्सेनाjayatsenāWhose Army Conquers
- 789निस्त्रैगुण्याnistraiguṇyāBeyond The Three Strands
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- paraparaom paraparayai namah
- ITRANS
- parAparAOM parAparAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAparAOM parAparAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరాపరాఓం పరాపరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾಪರಾಓಂ ಪರಾಪರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാപരാഓം പരാപരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராபராஓம் பராபராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાપરાૐ પરાપરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরাপরাওঁ পরাপরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାପରାଓଁ ପରାପରାୟୈ ନମଃ