Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 826 of 1000: प्रसवित्री · Prasavitrī
The Generatrix
Artha
What the name means
She is the impelling force behind birth, rousing what lies latent until it comes out into the open as a living thing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ प्रसवित्र्यै नमः
oṃ prasavitryai namaḥ
om prasavitryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, prasavitrī, 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
- prasavitriom prasavitryai namah
- ITRANS
- prasavitrIOM prasavitryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- prasavitrIOM prasavitryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ప్రసవిత్రీఓం ప్రసవిత్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪ್ರಸವಿತ್ರೀಓಂ ಪ್ರಸವಿತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പ്രസവിത്രീഓം പ്രസവിത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்ரஸவித்ரீஓம் ப்ரஸவித்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પ્રસવિત્રીૐ પ્રસવિત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- প্রসবিত্রীওঁ প্রসবিত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପ୍ରସବିତ୍ରୀଓଁ ପ୍ରସବିତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ