Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 963 of 1000: शमात्मिका · Śamātmikā
Whose Nature Is Stillness
Artha
What the name means
Her very self is quiet, the settled calm that arrives when the mind stops reaching outward.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शमात्मिकायै नमः
oṃ śamātmikāyai namaḥ
om shamatmikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śamātmikā, as part of Shloka 176. 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
Analysed as a secondary formation on śamātman, the having being expressed by the suffix rather than by the compound; the name is also read as a bahuvrīhi, she whose self is tranquillity.
consisting of tranquillity
vigraha śamasyātmikā, śamasvarūpā
tranquillity, cessation of striving
having the nature of
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 176Names 955–963
धराधरसुता धन्या धर्मिणी धर्मवर्धिनी ।
लोकातीता गुणातीता सर्वातीता शमात्मिका ॥ १७६ ॥
dharādharasutā dhanyā dharmiṇī dharmavardhinī
lokātītā guṇātītā sarvātītā śamātmikā
Study the whole shloka: Five names of holding, then four of having gone beyond
Chanted with it
- 955धराdharāThe Bearing Earth
- 956धरसुताdharasutāDaughter Of The Mountain
- 957धन्याdhanyāThe Blessed And Enriching
- 958धर्मिणीdharmiṇīUpholder Of Dharma
- 959धर्मवर्धिनीdharmavardhinīIncreaser Of Dharma
- 960लोकातीताlokātītāBeyond The Worlds
- 961गुणातीताguṇātītāBeyond The Three Strands
- 962सर्वातीताsarvātītāBeyond Everything
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shamatmikaom shamatmikayai namah
- ITRANS
- shamAtmikAOM shamAtmikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zamAtmikAOM zamAtmikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శమాత్మికాఓం శమాత్మికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಮಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಓಂ ಶಮಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശമാത്മികാഓം ശമാത്മികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶமாத்மிகாஓம் ஶமாத்மிகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શમાત્મિકાૐ શમાત્મિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শমাত্মিকাওঁ শমাত্মিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶମାତ୍ମିକାଓଁ ଶମାତ୍ମିକାୟୈ ନମଃ