Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 854 of 1000: गम्भीरा · Gambhīrā
The Unfathomable
Artha
What the name means
She is deep the way a voice or a character is deep, with more below the surface than any sounding will reach.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गम्भीरायै नमः
oṃ gambhīrāyai namaḥ
om gambhirayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gambhīrā, as part of Shloka 160. 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 160Names 854–861
गम्भीरा गगनान्तस्था गर्विता गानलोलुपा ।
कल्पनारहिता काष्ठाऽकान्ता कान्तार्धविग्रहा ॥ १६० ॥
gambhīrā gaganāntasthā garvitā gānalolupā
kalpanārahitā kāṣṭhā'kāntā kāntārdhavigrahā
Study the whole shloka: Deep, proud, greedy for song — and half of another body
Chanted with it
- 855गगनान्तस्थाgaganāntasthāAbiding At The Edge Of The Sky
- 856गर्विताgarvitāThe Proud
- 857गानलोलुपाgānalolupāGreedy For Song
- 858कल्पनारहिताkalpanārahitāFree Of Mental Construction
- 859काष्ठाkāṣṭhāThe Farthest Goal
- 860अकान्ताakāntāShe Who Has No Other Beloved
- 861कान्तार्धविग्रहाkāntārdhavigrahāHalf Her Beloved's Body
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gambhiraom gambhirayai namah
- ITRANS
- gambhIrAOM gambhIrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gambhIrAOM gambhIrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గమ్భీరాఓం గమ్భీరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗಮ್ಭೀರಾಓಂ ಗಮ್ಭೀರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗമ്ഭീരാഓം ഗമ്ഭീരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- க³ம்பீ⁴ராஓம் க³ம்பீ⁴ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગમ્ભીરાૐ ગમ્ભીરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গম্ভীরাওঁ গম্ভীরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗମ୍ଭୀରାଓଁ ଗମ୍ଭୀରାୟୈ ନମଃ