Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 998 of 1000: श्रीशिवाश्री-शिवा · ŚrīśivāŚrī-śivā
The Blessed Śivā
Artha
What the name means
She is Śrī and Śivā at once, radiant prosperity and quiet beatitude held in one name, the feminine of auspiciousness itself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ श्रीशिवायै नमः
oṃ śrīśivāyai namaḥ
om shrishivayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śrīśivā, as part of Shloka 182. 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
she who is Śrī and equally Śivā
vigraha śrīś cāsau śivā ca
radiance, prosperity, majesty; the goddess Śrī
the auspicious one, the feminine of Śiva
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 182Names 994–1000
आबालगोपविदिता सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्यशासना ।
श्रीचक्रराजनिलया श्रीमत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरी ।
श्रीशिवा शिवशक्त्यैक्यरूपिणी ललिताम्बिका ।
एवं श्रीललिता देव्या नाम्नां साहस्रकं जगुः ॥ १८२ ॥
ābālagopaviditā sarvānullaṅghyaśāsanā
śrīcakrarājanilayā śrīmattripurasundarī
śrīśivā śivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇī lalitāmbikā
evaṃ śrīlalitā devyā nāmnāṃ sāhasrakaṃ jaguḥ
Study the whole shloka: The thousandth name, and the line that closes the singing
Chanted with it
- 994आबालगोपविदिताābālagopaviditāKnown To Child And Cowherd
- 995सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्यशासनाsarvānullaṅghyaśāsanāWhose Command None Transgresses
- 996श्रीचक्रराजनिलयाśrīcakrarājanilayāDwelling In The Sovereign Śrīcakra
- 997श्रीमत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरीśrīmattripurasundarīThe Glorious Tripurasundarī
- 999शिवशक्त्यैक्यरूपिणीśivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇīForm Of Śiva-Śakti Union
- 1000ललिताम्बिकाlalitāmbikāMother Lalitā
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shrishivaom shrishivayai namah
- ITRANS
- shrIshivAOM shrIshivAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zrIzivAOM zrIzivAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శ్రీశివాఓం శ్రీశివాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶ್ರೀಶಿವಾಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಶಿವಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശ്രീശിവാഓം ശ്രീശിവായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்ரீஶிவாஓம் ஸ்ரீஶிவாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શ્રીશિવાૐ શ્રીશિવાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শ্রীশিবাওঁ শ্রীশিবায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶ୍ରୀଶିବାଓଁ ଶ୍ରୀଶିବାୟୈ ନମଃ