Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 112 of 1000: भवानी · Bhavānī
Consort Of Bhava
Artha
What the name means
As the wife of Bhava she is Śiva's mild face, the aspect of him that the world can bear to meet.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भवान्यै नमः
oṃ bhavānyai namaḥ
om bhavanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhavānī, as part of Shloka 41. 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
Formed from bhava with the -ānī suffix Sanskrit keeps for the wives of gods, as in indrāṇī and rudrāṇī.
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 41Names 112–117
भवानी भावनागम्या भवारण्यकुठारिका ।
भद्रप्रिया भद्रमूर्तिर्भक्तसौभाग्यदायिनी ॥ ४१ ॥
bhavānī bhāvanāgamyā bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā
bhadrapriyā bhadramūrtirbhaktasaubhāgyadāyinī
Study the whole shloka: The axe laid to the forest of becoming
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bhavaniom bhavanyai namah
- ITRANS
- bhavAnIOM bhavAnyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhavAnIOM bhavAnyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భవానీఓం భవాన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭವಾನೀಓಂ ಭವಾನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭവാനീഓം ഭവാന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப⁴வானீஓம் ப⁴வான்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભવાનીૐ ભવાન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভবানীওঁ ভবান্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭବାନୀଓଁ ଭବାନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ