Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 866 of 1000: अजा · Ajā
The Unborn
Artha
What the name means
She was never brought into being, and under this same name the tradition calls the unborn Prakṛti out of which the world is spun.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अजायै नमः
oṃ ajāyai namaḥ
om ajayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ajā, as part of Shloka 162. 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
not born
vigraha na jātā iti ajā
not, un-
born, produced
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 162Names 866–871
अजा क्षयविनिर्मुक्ता मुग्धा क्षिप्रप्रसादिनी ।
अन्तर्मुखसमाराध्या बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभा ॥ १६२ ॥
ajā kṣayavinirmuktā mugdhā kṣipraprasādinī
antarmukhasamārādhyā bahirmukhasudurlabhā
Study the whole shloka: Unborn, undecaying, easily pleased — and only by those facing the right way
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ajaom ajayai namah
- ITRANS
- ajAOM ajAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ajAOM ajAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అజాఓం అజాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಜಾಓಂ ಅಜಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അജാഓം അജായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அஜாஓம் அஜாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અજાૐ અજાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অজাওঁ অজায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅଜାଓଁ ଅଜାୟୈ ନମଃ