Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 953 of 1000: शर्मदा · Śarmadā
Giver Of Bliss
Artha
What the name means
She hands out śarman, a word that means both shelter and the happiness of being sheltered.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शर्मदायै नमः
oṃ śarmadāyai namaḥ
om sharmadayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śarmadā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who bestows refuge and happiness
vigraha śarma dadātīti śarmadā
shelter, refuge; bliss, comfort
giving, bestowing
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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
- sharmadaom sharmadayai namah
- ITRANS
- sharmadAOM sharmadAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zarmadAOM zarmadAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శర్మదాఓం శర్మదాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶರ್ಮದಾಓಂ ಶರ್ಮದಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശര്മദാഓം ശര്മദായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶர்மதா³ஓம் ஶர்மதா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શર્મદાૐ શર્મદાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শর্মদাওঁ শর্মদায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶର୍ମଦାଓଁ ଶର୍ମଦାୟୈ ନମଃ