Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 894 of 1000: अयोनिः · Ayoniḥ
Having No Origin
Artha
What the name means
No womb bore her and no source produced her, which is why nothing at all can be named as prior to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अयोन्यै नमः
oṃ ayonyai namaḥ
om ayonyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ayoniḥ, as part of Shloka 166. 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 womb or origin
vigraha na vidyate yoniḥ yasyāḥ sā
not, none
womb, source, origin
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 166Names 890–897
विश्वग्रासा विद्रुमाभा वैष्णवी विष्णुरूपिणी ।
अयोनिर्योनिनिलया कूटस्था कुलरूपिणी ॥ १६६ ॥
viśvagrāsā vidrumābhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇurūpiṇī
ayoniryoninilayā kūṭasthā kularūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The world as one mouthful, and a printed word that hides a seam
Chanted with it
- 890विश्वग्रासाviśvagrāsāFor Whom The Universe Is One Mouthful
- 891विद्रुमाभाvidrumābhāOf Coral Radiance
- 892वैष्णवीvaiṣṇavīThe Power Of Viṣṇu
- 893विष्णुरूपिणीviṣṇurūpiṇīEmbodied As Viṣṇu
- 895योनिनिलयाyoninilayāThe Abode Of The Source
- 896कूटस्थाkūṭasthāStanding Unmoved At The Summit
- 897कुलरूपिणीkularūpiṇīEmbodied As The Kula
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ayonihom ayonyai namah
- ITRANS
- ayoniHOM ayonyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ayoniHOM ayonyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అయోనిఃఓం అయోన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಯೋನಿಃಓಂ ಅಯೋನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അയോനിഃഓം അയോന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அயோனிஃஓம் அயோன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અયોનિઃૐ અયોન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অয়োনিঃওঁ অয়োন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅୟୋନିଃଓଁ ଅୟୋନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ