Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 813 of 1000: मूर्ता · Mūrtā
The Embodied
Artha
What the name means
She settles into definite shape and can be met as a figure with limbs, ornaments and a face.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मूर्तायै नमः
oṃ mūrtāyai namaḥ
om murtayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mūrtā, as part of Shloka 154. 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
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 154Names 813–820
मूर्ताऽमूर्ताऽनित्यतृप्ता मुनिमानसहंसिका ।
सत्यव्रता सत्यरूपा सर्वान्तर्यामिनी सती ॥ १५४ ॥
mūrtā'mūrtā'nityatṛptā munimānasahaṃsikā
satyavratā satyarūpā sarvāntaryāminī satī
Study the whole shloka: Formed and formless, and the swan that settles only on still water
Chanted with it
- 814अमूर्ताamūrtāThe Formless
- 815अनित्यतृप्ताanityatṛptāContent With Perishable Gifts
- 816मुनिमानसहंसिकाmunimānasahaṃsikāSwan On The Sages' Mind-Lake
- 817सत्यव्रताsatyavratāWhose Vow Is Truth
- 818सत्यरूपाsatyarūpāWhose Form Is The Real
- 819सर्वान्तर्यामिणीsarvāntaryāmiṇīInner Ruler Of All
- 820सतीsatīThe True One
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- murtaom murtayai namah
- ITRANS
- mUrtAOM mUrtAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mUrtAOM mUrtAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మూర్తాఓం మూర్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೂರ್ತಾಓಂ ಮೂರ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മൂര്താഓം മൂര്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மூர்தாஓம் மூர்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મૂર્તાૐ મૂર્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মূর্তাওঁ মূর্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୂର୍ତାଓଁ ମୂର୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ