Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 800 of 1000: रसशेवधिःरस-शेवधिः · RasaśevadhiḥRasa-śevadhiḥ
Hoard Of Savour
Artha
What the name means
She is where all savour is stored, an inexhaustible treasury of the essence of things.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रसशेवधये नमः
oṃ rasaśevadhaye namaḥ
om rasashevadhaye namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, rasaśevadhiḥ, as part of Shloka 152. 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
the treasure-store of rasa
vigraha rasasya śevadhiḥ
sap, juice, taste; the essence of a thing
treasure-receptacle, inexhaustible hoard
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 152Names 797–805
कलानिधिः काव्यकला रसज्ञा रसशेवधिः ।
पुष्टा पुरातना पूज्या पुष्करा पुष्करेक्षणा ॥ १५२ ॥
kalānidhiḥ kāvyakalā rasajñā rasaśevadhiḥ
puṣṭā purātanā pūjyā puṣkarā puṣkarekṣaṇā
Study the whole shloka: Two treasuries of savour, and then five names beginning in p
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- rasashevadhihom rasashevadhaye namah
- ITRANS
- rasashevadhiHOM rasashevadhaye namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- rasazevadhiHOM rasazevadhaye namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రసశేవధిఃఓం రసశేవధయే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಸಶೇವಧಿಃಓಂ ರಸಶೇವಧಯೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രസശേവധിഃഓം രസശേവധയേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரஸஶேவதி⁴ஃஓம் ரஸஶேவத⁴யே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રસશેવધિઃૐ રસશેવધયે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রসশেবধিঃওঁ রসশেবধয়ে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରସଶେବଧିଃଓଁ ରସଶେବଧୟେ ନମଃ