Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 972 of 1000: आशोभना · Āśobhanā
Beautiful Throughout
Artha
What the name means
There is no part of her that is not lovely, the prefix carrying the beauty out to every edge.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ आशोभनायै नमः
oṃ āśobhanāyai namaḥ
om ashobhanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, āśobhanā, as part of Shloka 178. 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
A prādi compound: the preverb ā- prefixed directly to the adjective śobhanā.
splendid on every side
vigraha ā samantāc chobhanā
thoroughly, on every side
beautiful, splendid, brilliant
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 178Names 971–976
सुवासिन्यर्चनप्रीताऽऽशोभना शुद्धमानसा ।
बिन्दुतर्पणसन्तुष्टा पूर्वजा त्रिपुराम्बिका ॥ १७८ ॥
suvāsinyarcanaprītā''śobhanā śuddhamānasā
bindutarpaṇasantuṣṭā pūrvajā tripurāmbikā
Study the whole shloka: From the woman in the room to the point at the centre
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ashobhanaom ashobhanayai namah
- ITRANS
- AshobhanAOM AshobhanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- AzobhanAOM AzobhanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఆశోభనాఓం ఆశోభనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಆಶೋಭನಾಓಂ ಆಶೋಭನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ആശോഭനാഓം ആശോഭനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஆஶோப⁴னாஓம் ஆஶோப⁴னாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- આશોભનાૐ આશોભનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- আশোভনাওঁ আশোভনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଆଶୋଭନାଓଁ ଆଶୋଭନାୟୈ ନମଃ