Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 975 of 1000: पूर्वजा · Pūrvajā
Born Before All
Artha
What the name means
She precedes everything that has come into being and therefore has no elder.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पूर्वजायै नमः
oṃ pūrvajāyai namaḥ
om purvajayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pūrvajā, 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
arisen earlier than all else
vigraha pūrvaṃ jātā
prior, earlier, foregoing
born, arisen, produced
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- purvajaom purvajayai namah
- ITRANS
- pUrvajAOM pUrvajAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- pUrvajAOM pUrvajAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పూర్వజాఓం పూర్వజాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪೂರ್ವಜಾಓಂ ಪೂರ್ವಜಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പൂര്വജാഓം പൂര്വജായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பூர்வஜாஓம் பூர்வஜாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પૂર્વજાૐ પૂર્વજાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পূর্বজাওঁ পূর্বজায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୂର୍ୱଜାଓଁ ପୂର୍ୱଜାୟୈ ନମଃ