Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 828 of 1000: आज्ञा · Ājñā
The Command
Artha
What the name means
She is sovereign command, the unarguable authority a word carries when there is nothing above it to appeal to.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ आज्ञायै नमः
oṃ ājñāyai namaḥ
om ajnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ājñā, 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
- 821ब्रह्माणीbrahmāṇīThe Power Of Brahmā
- 822ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman
- 823जननीjananīThe Mother
- 824बहुरूपाbahurūpāOf Many Forms
- 825बुधार्चिताbudhārcitāWorshipped By The Wise
- 826प्रसवित्रीprasavitrīThe Generatrix
- 827प्रचण्डाpracaṇḍāThe Fiercely Burning
- 829प्रतिष्ठाpratiṣṭhāThe Foundation
- 830प्रकटाकृतिःprakaṭākṛtiḥOf Manifest Form
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ajnaom ajnayai namah
- ITRANS
- Aj~nAOM Aj~nAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- AjJAOM AjJAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఆజ్ఞాఓం ఆజ్ఞాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಆಜ್ಞಾಓಂ ಆಜ್ಞಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ആജ്ഞാഓം ആജ്ഞായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஆஜ்ஞாஓம் ஆஜ்ஞாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- આજ્ઞાૐ આજ્ઞાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- আজ্ঞাওঁ আজ্ঞায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଆଜ୍ଞାଓଁ ଆଜ୍ଞାୟୈ ନମଃ