Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 985 of 1000: अम्बा · Ambā
Mother
Artha
What the name means
She is simply Mother, the oldest and plainest term of address a worshipper has.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अम्बायै नमः
oṃ ambāyai namaḥ
om ambayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ambā, as part of Shloka 180. 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
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 180Names 982–989
योनिमुद्रा त्रिखण्डेशी त्रिगुणाम्बा त्रिकोणगा ।
अनघाऽद्भुतचारित्रा वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनी ॥ १८० ॥
yonimudrā trikhaṇḍeśī triguṇāmbā trikoṇagā
anaghā'dbhutacāritrā vāñchitārthapradāyinī
Study the whole shloka: The last two seals, three triangles, and one plain word for mother
Chanted with it
- 982योनिमुद्राyonimudrāThe Yoni Seal
- 983त्रिखण्डेशीtrikhaṇḍeśīMistress Of The Threefold Seal
- 984त्रिगुणाtriguṇāHolder Of The Three Strands
- 986त्रिकोणगाtrikoṇagāDwelling In The Triangle
- 987अनघाanaghāThe Sinless
- 988अद्भुतचारित्राadbhutacāritrāOf Wondrous Deeds
- 989वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनीvāñchitārthapradāyinīBestower Of Desired Ends
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ambaom ambayai namah
- ITRANS
- ambAOM ambAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ambAOM ambAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అమ్బాఓం అమ్బాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಮ್ಬಾಓಂ ಅಮ್ಬಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അമ്ബാഓം അമ്ബായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அம்பா³ஓம் அம்பா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અમ્બાૐ અમ્બાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অম্বাওঁ অম্বায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅମ୍ବାଓଁ ଅମ୍ବାୟୈ ନମଃ