Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 821 of 1000: ब्रह्माणी · Brahmāṇī
The Power Of Brahmā
Artha
What the name means
As the energy belonging to Brahmā she is the creative push by which a world is first laid out.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ब्रह्माण्यै नमः
oṃ brahmāṇyai namaḥ
om brahmanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, brahmāṇī, as part of Shloka 155. 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
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 155Names 821–830
ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मजननी बहुरूपा बुधार्चिता ।
प्रसवित्री प्रचण्डाऽऽज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रकटाकृतिः ॥ १५५ ॥
brahmāṇī brahmajananī bahurūpā budhārcitā
prasavitrī pracaṇḍā''jñā pratiṣṭhā prakaṭākṛtiḥ
Study the whole shloka: The power of Brahmā, the fierce command, the form held open to sight
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- brahmaniom brahmanyai namah
- ITRANS
- brahmANIOM brahmANyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- brahmANIOM brahmANyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బ్రహ్మాణీఓం బ్రహ్మాణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣೀಓಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബ്രഹ്മാണീഓം ബ്രഹ്മാണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்³ரஹ்மாணீஓம் ப்³ரஹ்மாண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બ્રહ્માણીૐ બ્રહ્માણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ব্রহ্মাণীওঁ ব্রহ্মাণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣୀଓଁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ