Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 111 of 1000: बिसतन्तुतनीयसीबिस-तन्तु-तनीयसी · BisatantutanīyasīBisa-tantu-tanīyasī

Finer Than A Lotus Fibre

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Artha

What the name means

She is subtler than the thread that trails from a broken lotus stalk, too fine for the eye to follow.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ बिसतन्तुतनीयस्यै नमः

oṃ bisatantutanīyasyai namaḥ

om bisatantutaniyasyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bisatantutanīyasī, 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.

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: bisatantutanīyasī

tanīyas is the comparative of tanu, 'slender', and takes its first member in an ablative sense.

बिसतन्तुतनीयसीbisatantutanīyasī

finer than the fibre of a lotus stalk

vigraha bisatantoḥ tanīyasī

बिसतन्तुbisatantu

the fibre of a lotus stalk

vigraha bisasya tantuḥ

बिसbisa

the stalk or shoot of a lotus

तन्तुtantu

a thread, a fibre

तनीयस्tanīyas

slenderer, finer

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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
bisatantutaniyasiom bisatantutaniyasyai namah
ITRANS
bisatantutanIyasIOM bisatantutanIyasyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
bisatantutanIyasIOM bisatantutanIyasyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
బిసతన్తుతనీయసీఓం బిసతన్తుతనీయస్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಬಿಸತನ್ತುತನೀಯಸೀಓಂ ಬಿಸತನ್ತುತನೀಯಸ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ബിസതന്തുതനീയസീഓം ബിസതന്തുതനീയസ്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
பி³ஸதந்துதனீயஸீஓம் பி³ஸதந்துதனீயஸ்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
બિસતન્તુતનીયસીૐ બિસતન્તુતનીયસ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
বিসতন্তুতনীয়সীওঁ বিসতন্তুতনীয়স্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ବିସତନ୍ତୁତନୀୟସୀଓଁ ବିସତନ୍ତୁତନୀୟସ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ