Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 899 of 1000: वीरा · Vīrā
The Heroine
Artha
What the name means
She is brave herself, and the courage she asks of her adepts is first of all her own.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वीरायै नमः
oṃ vīrāyai namaḥ
om virayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vīrā, as part of Shloka 167. 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
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 167Names 898–905
वीरगोष्ठीप्रिया वीरा नैष्कर्म्या नादरूपिणी ।
विज्ञानकलना कल्या विदग्धा बैन्दवासना ॥ १६७ ॥
vīragoṣṭhīpriyā vīrā naiṣkarmyā nādarūpiṇī
vijñānakalanā kalyā vidagdhā baindavāsanā
Study the whole shloka: The circle of heroes, and the point at its centre
Chanted with it
- 898वीरगोष्ठीप्रियाvīragoṣṭhīpriyāFond Of The Company Of Heroes
- 900नैष्कर्म्याnaiṣkarmyāBeyond Action
- 901नादरूपिणीnādarūpiṇīEmbodied As Primal Sound
- 902विज्ञानकलनाvijñānakalanāProducer Of Discerning Knowledge
- 903कल्याkalyāThe Whole And Ready One
- 904विदग्धाvidagdhāThe Consummately Skilled
- 905बैन्दवासनाbaindavāsanāSeated On The Bindu
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- viraom virayai namah
- ITRANS
- vIrAOM vIrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vIrAOM vIrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వీరాఓం వీరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವೀರಾಓಂ ವೀರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വീരാഓം വീരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வீராஓம் வீராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વીરાૐ વીરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বীরাওঁ বীরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବୀରାଓଁ ବୀରାୟୈ ନମଃ