Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 110 of 1000: कुण्डलिनी · Kuṇḍalinī
The Coiled One
Artha
What the name means
She lies wound like a sleeping snake at the base of the spine until the moment she straightens and climbs.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कुण्डलिन्यै नमः
oṃ kuṇḍalinyai namaḥ
om kundalinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kuṇḍalinī, as part of Shloka 40. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A possessive derivative of kuṇḍala, 'a ring or coil', built with the suffix -in and its feminine -ī; not a compound.
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 40Names 107–111
तडिल्लतासमरुचिः षट्चक्रोपरिसंस्थिता ।
महासक्तिः कुण्डलिनी बिसतन्तुतनीयसी ॥ ४० ॥
taḍillatāsamaruciḥ ṣaṭcakroparisaṃsthitā
mahāsaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī bisatantutanīyasī
Study the whole shloka: Lightning above the six wheels, and the name at last
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kundaliniom kundalinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kuNDalinIOM kuNDalinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kuNDalinIOM kuNDalinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కుణ్డలినీఓం కుణ్డలిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕುಣ್ಡಲಿನೀಓಂ ಕುಣ್ಡಲಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കുണ്ഡലിനീഓം കുണ്ഡലിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- குண்ட³லினீஓம் குண்ட³லின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કુણ્ડલિનીૐ કુણ્ડલિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কুণ্ডলিনীওঁ কুণ্ডলিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୁଣ୍ଡଲିନୀଓଁ କୁଣ୍ଡଲିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ