Devi
Annapurna nama-mantra
ॐ अन्नपूर्णायै नमः
Simple reading
Om an-na-poor-naa-yai na-mah
Oṁ Annapūrṇāyai Namaḥ
About this mantra
Salutation to Annapurna, the Mother as nourishment itself. Her best-known temple stands in Kashi, and her name is the kitchen's everyday grace.
Meaning
Om, salutations to Annapurna. Anna is food; purna is full: she who is filled with nourishment and fills with it. In Kashi she stands ladle in hand beside Shiva the beggar, a whole theology in one image: even the lord of all comes to the Mother to be fed. Said before cooking or eating, the mantra turns a meal into received grace.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ अन्नपूर्णायै नमः
Oṁ Annapūrṇāyai Namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Before cooking and before eating, daily; Annapurna Jayanti and Annakut hold it publicly, and many say it while serving food to others.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- अन्नपूर्णायैannapūrṇāyai
- to Annapurna, giver of nourishment
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Traditional nāma-mantra (Kāśī tradition)