Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 809 of 1000: परात्परापरात्-परा · ParātparāParāt-parā
Higher Than The Highest
Artha
What the name means
Whatever is named as supreme, she stands beyond it, so the search for something higher finds no stopping place short of her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ परात्परायै नमः
oṃ parātparāyai namaḥ
om paratparayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, parātparā, 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
higher than what is highest
vigraha parasmāt api parā
than what is supreme (ablative of para)
farther, higher, beyond
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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
- paratparaom paratparayai namah
- ITRANS
- parAtparAOM parAtparAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- parAtparAOM parAtparAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పరాత్పరాఓం పరాత్పరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪರಾತ್ಪರಾಓಂ ಪರಾತ್ಪರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പരാത്പരാഓം പരാത്പരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பராத்பராஓம் பராத்பராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પરાત્પરાૐ પરાત્પરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পরাৎপরাওঁ পরাৎপরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପରାତ୍ପରାଓଁ ପରାତ୍ପରାୟୈ ନମଃ