Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 936 of 1000: विशालाक्षी · Viśālākṣī
The Wide-Eyed
Artha
What the name means
Her eyes are long and broad, a mark of beauty and of a gaze that takes in everything.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विशालाक्ष्यै नमः
oṃ viśālākṣyai namaḥ
om vishalakshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśālākṣī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose eyes are wide
vigraha viśāle akṣiṇī yasyāḥ sā
wide, broad, extensive
eye
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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
- vishalakshiom vishalakshyai namah
- ITRANS
- vishAlAkShIOM vishAlAkShyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizAlAkSIOM vizAlAkSyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశాలాక్షీఓం విశాలాక్ష్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶಾಲಾಕ್ಷೀಓಂ ವಿಶಾಲಾಕ್ಷ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശാലാക്ഷീഓം വിശാലാക്ഷ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶாலாக்ஷீஓம் விஶாலாக்ஷ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશાલાક્ષીૐ વિશાલાક્ષ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশালাক্ষীওঁ বিশালাক্ষ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶାଲାକ୍ଷୀଓଁ ବିଶାଲାକ୍ଷ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ