Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 801 of 1000: पुष्टा · Puṣṭā
The Well-Nourished One
Artha
What the name means
She is thriving abundance itself, full-grown and wanting nothing, and it is out of her fullness that every creature is fed.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पुष्टायै नमः
oṃ puṣṭāyai namaḥ
om pushtayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, puṣṭā, 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- pushtaom pushtayai namah
- ITRANS
- puShTAOM puShTAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- puSTAOM puSTAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పుష్టాఓం పుష్టాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪುಷ್ಟಾಓಂ ಪುಷ್ಟಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പുഷ്ടാഓം പുഷ്ടായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- புஷ்டாஓம் புஷ்டாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પુષ્ટાૐ પુષ્ટાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পুষ্টাওঁ পুষ্টায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୁଷ୍ଟାଓଁ ପୁଷ୍ଟାୟୈ ନମଃ