Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 814 of 1000: अमूर्ता · Amūrtā
The Formless
Artha
What the name means
She is just as truly without shape, since any outline drawn around her would already not be hers.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अमूर्तायै नमः
oṃ amūrtāyai namaḥ
om amurtayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, amūrtā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
not having form
vigraha na mūrtā iti amūrtā
not, un-
having a fixed shape, embodied, material
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
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- amurtaom amurtayai namah
- ITRANS
- amUrtAOM amUrtAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- amUrtAOM amUrtAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అమూర్తాఓం అమూర్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಮೂರ್ತಾಓಂ ಅಮೂರ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അമൂര്താഓം അമൂര്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அமூர்தாஓம் அமூர்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અમૂર્તાૐ અમૂર્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অমূর্তাওঁ অমূর্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅମୂର୍ତାଓଁ ଅମୂର୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ