Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 808 of 1000: परमाणुः · Paramāṇuḥ
The Ultimate Atom
Artha
What the name means
She is the last indivisible particle, so small that nothing can be taken from her, which is the near side of her being so vast that nothing can be added.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परमाणवे नमः
oṃ paramāṇave namaḥ
om paramanave namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, paramāṇuḥ, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the ultimate atom
vigraha paramaḥ ca asau aṇuḥ ca
highest, ultimate, last
atom, minute particle
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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
- paramanuhom paramanave namah
- ITRANS
- paramANuHOM paramANave namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paramANuHOM paramANave namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరమాణుఃఓం పరమాణవే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಮಾಣುಃಓಂ ಪರಮಾಣವೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരമാണുഃഓം പരമാണവേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பரமாணுஃஓம் பரமாணவே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરમાણુઃૐ પરમાણવે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরমাণুঃওঁ পরমাণবে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରମାଣୁଃଓଁ ପରମାଣବେ ନମଃ