Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 823 of 1000: जननी · Jananī
The Mother
Artha
What the name means
She gives birth, and everything that has ever been born stands to her in the relation of a child.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ जनन्यै नमः
oṃ jananyai namaḥ
om jananyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jananī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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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
- 821ब्रह्माणीbrahmāṇīThe Power Of Brahmā
- 822ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman
- 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
- jananiom jananyai namah
- ITRANS
- jananIOM jananyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jananIOM jananyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జననీఓం జనన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜನನೀಓಂ ಜನನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജനനീഓം ജനന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜனனீஓம் ஜனன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જનનીૐ જનન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জননীওঁ জনন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜନନୀଓଁ ଜନନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ