Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 836 of 1000: वीरमातावीर-माता · VīramātāVīra-mātā

Mother Of Heroes

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Artha

What the name means

She bears heroes, and in the tantric reading her child is the vīra, the adept brave enough for her rites.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ वीरमात्रे नमः

oṃ vīramātre namaḥ

om viramatre namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vīramātā, as part of Shloka 156. 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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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularṛ-stemstem: vīramātṛ
वीरमाताvīramātā

the mother of heroes

vigraha vīrāṇāṃ mātā

वीरvīra

hero, brave man; in Tantra, the adept

मातृmātṛ

mother

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 156Names 831–837

प्राणेश्वरी प्राणदात्री पञ्चाशत्पीठरूपिणी ।

विशृङ्खला विविक्तस्था वीरमाता वियत्प्रसूः ॥ १५६ ॥

prāṇeśvarī prāṇadātrī pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī

viśṛṅkhalā viviktasthā vīramātā viyatprasūḥ

Study the whole shloka: Mistress of the breath, the fifty seats, the mother of heroes

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
viramataom viramatre namah
ITRANS
vIramAtAOM vIramAtre namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
vIramAtAOM vIramAtre namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
వీరమాతాఓం వీరమాత్రే నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ವೀರಮಾತಾಓಂ ವೀರಮಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
വീരമാതാഓം വീരമാത്രേ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
வீரமாதாஓம் வீரமாத்ரே நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
વીરમાતાૐ વીરમાત્રે નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
বীরমাতাওঁ বীরমাত্রে নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ବୀରମାତାଓଁ ବୀରମାତ୍ରେ ନମଃ