Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 932 of 1000: महेशी · Maheśī
The Great Sovereign
Artha
What the name means
She is the great mistress, feminine counterpart of Maheśa.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महेश्यै नमः
oṃ maheśyai namaḥ
om maheshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, maheśī, as part of Shloka 172. 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
the mistress who is great
vigraha mahatī cāsāv īśī ca
great
mistress, ruler
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 172Names 927–933
स्तोत्रप्रिया स्तुतिमती श्रुतिसंस्तुतवैभवा ।
मनस्विनी मानवती महेशी मङ्गलाकृतिः ॥ १७२ ॥
stotrapriyā stutimatī śrutisaṃstutavaibhavā
manasvinī mānavatī maheśī maṅgalākṛtiḥ
Study the whole shloka: A hymn names her the lover of hymns
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- maheshiom maheshyai namah
- ITRANS
- maheshIOM maheshyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahezIOM mahezyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహేశీఓం మహేశ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹೇಶೀಓಂ ಮಹೇಶ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹേശീഓം മഹേശ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹேஶீஓம் மஹேஶ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહેશીૐ મહેશ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহেশীওঁ মহেশ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହେଶୀଓଁ ମହେଶ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ