Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 860 of 1000: अकान्ता · Akāntā
She Who Has No Other Beloved
Artha
What the name means
There is no second for her to love, since she and her lord are not two, as the next name goes on to say.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अकान्तायै नमः
oṃ akāntāyai namaḥ
om akantayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, akāntā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
having no lover apart from herself
vigraha na vidyate anyaḥ kāntaḥ yasyāḥ sā
not, none
beloved, lover, husband
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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
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- akantaom akantayai namah
- ITRANS
- akAntAOM akAntAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- akAntAOM akAntAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అకాన్తాఓం అకాన్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಕಾನ್ತಾಓಂ ಅಕಾನ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അകാന്താഓം അകാന്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அகாந்தாஓம் அகாந்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અકાન્તાૐ અકાન્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অকান্তাওঁ অকান্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅକାନ୍ତାଓଁ ଅକାନ୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ