Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 951 of 1000: शाश्वती · Śāśvatī
The Everlasting
Artha
What the name means
She continues without break, the adjective built on śaśvat, 'again and again'.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शाश्वत्यै नमः
oṃ śāśvatyai namaḥ
om shashvatyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śāśvatī, as part of Shloka 175. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Feminine of śāśvata, a vṛddhi derivative of the indeclinable śaśvat 'repeatedly, perpetually'.
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 175Names 948–954
पञ्चमी पञ्चभूतेशी पञ्चसङ्ख्योपचारिणी ।
शाश्वती शाश्वतैश्वर्या शर्मदा शम्भुमोहिनी ॥ १७५ ॥
pañcamī pañcabhūteśī pañcasaṅkhyopacāriṇī
śāśvatī śāśvataiśvaryā śarmadā śambhumohinī
Study the whole shloka: The end of the fives, and a sovereignty that cannot lapse
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shashvatiom shashvatyai namah
- ITRANS
- shAshvatIOM shAshvatyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zAzvatIOM zAzvatyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శాశ్వతీఓం శాశ్వత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಾಶ್ವತೀಓಂ ಶಾಶ್ವತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശാശ്വതീഓം ശാശ്വത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶாஶ்வதீஓம் ஶாஶ்வத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શાશ્વતીૐ શાશ્વત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শাশ্বতীওঁ শাশ্বত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶାଶ୍ୱତୀଓଁ ଶାଶ୍ୱତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ