Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 965 of 1000: बाला · Bālā
The Young Girl
Artha
What the name means
She appears as a girl not yet grown, and Bālā is likewise the name of one of her principal mantras.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ बालायै नमः
oṃ bālāyai namaḥ
om balayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bālā, as part of Shloka 177. 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
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 177Names 964–970
बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्या बाला लीलाविनोदिनी ।
सुमङ्गली सुखकरी सुवेषाढ्या सुवासिनी ॥ १७७ ॥
bandhūkakusumaprakhyā bālā līlāvinodinī
sumaṅgalī sukhakarī suveṣāḍhyā suvāsinī
Study the whole shloka: The scarlet flower, the girl, and the woman of the house
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- balaom balayai namah
- ITRANS
- bAlAOM bAlAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bAlAOM bAlAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బాలాఓం బాలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬಾಲಾಓಂ ಬಾಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബാലാഓം ബാലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பா³லாஓம் பா³லாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બાલાૐ બાલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বালাওঁ বালায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବାଲାଓଁ ବାଲାୟୈ ନମଃ