Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 802 of 1000: पुरातना · Purātanā
The Primordial One
Artha
What the name means
She belongs to no epoch, having already been there before the oldest thing anyone calls old.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पुरातनायै नमः
oṃ purātanāyai namaḥ
om puratanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, purātanā, 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
- puratanaom puratanayai namah
- ITRANS
- purAtanAOM purAtanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- purAtanAOM purAtanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పురాతనాఓం పురాతనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪುರಾತನಾಓಂ ಪುರಾತನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പുരാതനാഓം പുരാതനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- புராதனாஓம் புராதனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પુરાતનાૐ પુરાતનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পুরাতনাওঁ পুরাতনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୁରାତନାଓଁ ପୁରାତନାୟୈ ନମଃ