Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 934 of 1000: विश्वमाताविश्व-माता · ViśvamātāViśva-mātā
Mother Of All
Artha
What the name means
Everything that exists counts as her child.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वमात्रे नमः
oṃ viśvamātre namaḥ
om vishvamatre namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvamātā, as part of Shloka 173. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
An agent noun in -tṛ; the nominative singular viśvamātā conceals the underlying ṛ-stem.
mother of the whole universe
vigraha viśvasya mātā
all, entire, the whole universe
mother
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 173Names 934–941
विश्वमाता जगद्धात्री विशालाक्षी विरागिणी ।
प्रगल्भा परमोदारा परामोदा मनोमयी ॥ १७३ ॥
viśvamātā jagaddhātrī viśālākṣī virāgiṇī
pragalbhā paramodārā parāmodā manomayī
Study the whole shloka: Mother of everything, and free of every colour
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvamataom vishvamatre namah
- ITRANS
- vishvamAtAOM vishvamAtre namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvamAtAOM vizvamAtre namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వమాతాఓం విశ్వమాత్రే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಮಾತಾಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಮಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വമാതാഓം വിശ്വമാത്രേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வமாதாஓம் விஶ்வமாத்ரே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વમાતાૐ વિશ્વમાત્રે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বমাতাওঁ বিশ্বমাত্রে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱମାତାଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱମାତ୍ରେ ନମଃ