Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 807 of 1000: परं धाम · Paraṃ dhāma
The Supreme Abode
Artha
What the name means
She is the highest dwelling, the place past which there is nowhere further to go, and also the splendour such a place gives off.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परस्मै धाम्ने नमः
oṃ parasmai dhāmne namaḥ
om parasmai dhamne namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, paraṃ dhāma, 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 an-stem dhāman 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 dhamaom parasmai dhamne namah
- ITRANS
- paraM dhAmaOM parasmai dhAmne namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paraM dhAmaOM parasmai dhAmne namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరం ధామఓం పరస్మై ధామ్నే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಂ ಧಾಮಓಂ ಪರಸ್ಮೈ ಧಾಮ್ನೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരം ധാമഓം പരസ്മൈ ധാമ്നേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரம் தா⁴மஓம் பரஸ்மை தா⁴ம்னே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરં ધામૐ પરસ્મૈ ધામ્ને નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরং ধামওঁ পরস্মৈ ধাম্নে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରଂ ଧାମଓଁ ପରସ୍ମୈ ଧାମ୍ନେ ନମଃ