Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 806 of 1000: परं ज्योतिः · Paraṃ jyotiḥ
The Supreme Light
Artha
What the name means
She is the light past all lights, the self-shining ground by which suns and lamps and thoughts are themselves made visible.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परस्मै ज्योतिषे नमः
oṃ parasmai jyotiṣe namaḥ
om parasmai jyotishe namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, paraṃ jyotiḥ, as part of Shloka 153. 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
Neuter s-stem jyotis with the agreeing neuter adjective param; a two-word phrase rather than a compound.
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 153Names 806–812
परञ्ज्योतिः परन्धाम परमाणुः परात्परा ।
पाशहस्ता पाशहन्त्री परमन्त्रविभेदिनी ॥ १५३ ॥
parañjyotiḥ parandhāma paramāṇuḥ parātparā
pāśahastā pāśahantrī paramantravibhedinī
Study the whole shloka: Two senses of para: what lies beyond, and what comes from outside
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- param jyotihom parasmai jyotishe namah
- ITRANS
- paraM jyotiHOM parasmai jyotiShe namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paraM jyotiHOM parasmai jyotiSe namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరం జ్యోతిఃఓం పరస్మై జ్యోతిషే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಂ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಃಓಂ ಪರಸ್ಮೈ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരം ജ്യോതിഃഓം പരസ്മൈ ജ്യോതിഷേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரம் ஜ்யோதிஃஓம் பரஸ்மை ஜ்யோதிஷே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરં જ્યોતિઃૐ પરસ્મૈ જ્યોતિષે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরং জ্যোতিঃওঁ পরস্মৈ জ্যোতিষে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରଂ ଜ୍ୟୋତିଃଓଁ ପରସ୍ମୈ ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷେ ନମଃ