Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 846 of 1000: मन्त्रसारामन्त्र-सारा · MantrasārāMantra-sārā

Essence Of Mantras

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Artha

What the name means

A mantra works because she is the potency inside the syllables, not because the syllables have force of their own.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मन्त्रसारायै नमः

oṃ mantrasārāyai namaḥ

om mantrasarayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mantrasārā, as part of Shloka 158. 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

Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.

Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: mantrasārā
मन्त्रसाराmantrasārā

the pith of the mantras

vigraha mantrāṇāṃ sāraḥ

मन्त्रmantra

sacred formula, incantation

सारsāra

pith, core, essence

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 158Names 844–850

छन्दःसारा शास्त्रसारा मन्त्रसारा तलोदरी ।

उदारकीर्तिरुद्दामवैभवा वर्णरूपिणी ॥ १५८ ॥

chandaḥsārā śāstrasārā mantrasārā talodarī

udārakīrtiruddāmavaibhavā varṇarūpiṇī

Study the whole shloka: The pith of metre, of treatise, of mantra — and the letters themselves

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
mantrasaraom mantrasarayai namah
ITRANS
mantrasArAOM mantrasArAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
mantrasArAOM mantrasArAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
మన్త్రసారాఓం మన్త్రసారాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಮನ್ತ್ರಸಾರಾಓಂ ಮನ್ತ್ರಸಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
മന്ത്രസാരാഓം മന്ത്രസാരായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
மந்த்ரஸாராஓம் மந்த்ரஸாராயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
મન્ત્રસારાૐ મન્ત્રસારાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
মন্ত্রসারাওঁ মন্ত্রসারায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ମନ୍ତ୍ରସାରାଓଁ ମନ୍ତ୍ରସାରାୟୈ ନମଃ