Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 906 of 1000: तत्त्वाधिका · Tattvādhikā

Surpassing The Categories

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Artha

What the name means

She stands above the tattvas, exceeding every principle by which the cosmos is counted out.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ तत्त्वाधिकायै नमः

oṃ tattvādhikāyai namaḥ

om tattvadhikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tattvādhikā, as part of Shloka 168. 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: tattvādhikā
तत्त्वाधिकाtattvādhikā

greater than the principles of reality

vigraha tattvebhyo'dhikā

तत्त्वtattva

principle, category of reality

अधिकाadhikā

exceeding, greater than

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 168Names 906–911

तत्त्वाधिका तत्त्वमयी तत्त्वमर्थस्वरूपिणी ।

सामगानप्रिया सौम्या सदाशिवकुटुम्बिनी ॥ १६८ ॥

tattvādhikā tattvamayī tattvamarthasvarūpiṇī

sāmagānapriyā saumyā sadāśivakuṭumbinī

Study the whole shloka: Above the categories, and made of them

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
tattvadhikaom tattvadhikayai namah
ITRANS
tattvAdhikAOM tattvAdhikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
tattvAdhikAOM tattvAdhikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
తత్త్వాధికాఓం తత్త్వాధికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ತತ್ತ್ವಾಧಿಕಾಓಂ ತತ್ತ್ವಾಧಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
തത്ത്വാധികാഓം തത്ത്വാധികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
தத்த்வாதி⁴காஓம் தத்த்வாதி⁴காயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
તત્ત્વાધિકાૐ તત્ત્વાધિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
তত্ত্বাধিকাওঁ তত্ত্বাধিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ତତ୍ତ୍ୱାଧିକାଓଁ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱାଧିକାୟୈ ନମଃ