Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 111 of 1000: बिसतन्तुतनीयसीबिस-तन्तु-तनीयसी · BisatantutanīyasīBisa-tantu-tanīyasī
Finer Than A Lotus Fibre
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
tanīyas is the comparative of tanu, 'slender', and takes its first member in an ablative sense.
finer than the fibre of a lotus stalk
vigraha bisatantoḥ tanīyasī
the fibre of a lotus stalk
vigraha bisasya tantuḥ
the stalk or shoot of a lotus
a thread, a fibre
slenderer, finer
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
- 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