Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 979 of 1000: ज्ञानमुद्राज्ञान-मुद्रा · JñānamudrāJñāna-mudrā
The Seal Of Knowledge
Artha
What the name means
She is the jñānamudrā, the gesture in which the hand alone says what is understood.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ज्ञानमुद्रायै नमः
oṃ jñānamudrāyai namaḥ
om jnanamudrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jñānamudrā, as part of Shloka 179. 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
the seal which is knowledge itself
vigraha jñānam eva mudrā
knowledge, the higher knowing
seal, ritual gesture of the hands
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 179Names 977–981
दशमुद्रासमाराध्या त्रिपुराश्रीवशङ्करी ।
ज्ञानमुद्रा ज्ञानगम्या ज्ञानज्ञेयस्वरूपिणी ॥ १७९ ॥
daśamudrāsamārādhyā tripurāśrīvaśaṅkarī
jñānamudrā jñānagamyā jñānajñeyasvarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Ten seals of the hand, and then the seal that is knowledge
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- jnanamudraom jnanamudrayai namah
- ITRANS
- j~nAnamudrAOM j~nAnamudrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jJAnamudrAOM jJAnamudrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జ్ఞానముద్రాఓం జ్ఞానముద్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜ್ಞಾನಮುದ್ರಾಓಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಮುದ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജ്ഞാനമുദ്രാഓം ജ്ഞാനമുദ്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜ்ஞானமுத்³ராஓம் ஜ்ஞானமுத்³ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જ્ઞાનમુદ્રાૐ જ્ઞાનમુદ્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জ্ঞানমুদ্রাওঁ জ্ঞানমুদ্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜ୍ଞାନମୁଦ୍ରାଓଁ ଜ୍ଞାନମୁଦ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ