Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 822 of 1000: ब्रह्म · Brahma
Brahman
Artha
What the name means
She is the Absolute itself, the single reality that swells past every name and is never one thing among others.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ब्रह्मणे नमः
oṃ brahmaṇe namaḥ
om brahmane namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, brahma, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Neuter an-stem brahman, nominative singular brahma.
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
- 821ब्रह्माणीbrahmāṇīThe Power Of Brahmā
- 823जननीjananīThe Mother
- 824बहुरूपाbahurūpāOf Many Forms
- 825बुधार्चिताbudhārcitāWorshipped By The Wise
- 826प्रसवित्रीprasavitrīThe Generatrix
- 827प्रचण्डाpracaṇḍāThe Fiercely Burning
- 828आज्ञाājñāThe Command
- 829प्रतिष्ठाpratiṣṭhāThe Foundation
- 830प्रकटाकृतिःprakaṭākṛtiḥOf Manifest Form
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- brahmaom brahmane namah
- ITRANS
- brahmaOM brahmaNe namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- brahmaOM brahmaNe namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బ్రహ్మఓం బ్రహ్మణే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಓಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബ്രഹ്മഓം ബ്രഹ്മണേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்³ரஹ்மஓம் ப்³ரஹ்மணே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બ્રહ્મૐ બ્રહ્મણે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ব্রহ্মওঁ ব্রহ্মণে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବ୍ରହ୍ମଓଁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଣେ ନମଃ