Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 118 of 1000: भक्तिप्रियाभक्ति-प्रिया · BhaktipriyāBhakti-priyā
Fond Of Devotion
Artha
What the name means
Of everything set before her it is devotion, and not the offering it comes wrapped in, that she prizes.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भक्तिप्रियायै नमः
oṃ bhaktipriyāyai namaḥ
om bhaktipriyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhaktipriyā, as part of Shloka 42. 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
she to whom devotion is dear
vigraha bhaktiḥ priyā yasyāḥ sā
devotion, loving attachment
dear, beloved
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 42Names 118–125
भक्तिप्रिया भक्तिगम्या भक्तिवश्या भयापहा ।
शाम्भवी शारदाराध्या शर्वाणी शर्मदायिनी ॥ ४२ ॥
bhaktipriyā bhaktigamyā bhaktivaśyā bhayāpahā
śāmbhavī śāradārādhyā śarvāṇī śarmadāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Devotion has power over her
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bhaktipriyaom bhaktipriyayai namah
- ITRANS
- bhaktipriyAOM bhaktipriyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhaktipriyAOM bhaktipriyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భక్తిప్రియాఓం భక్తిప్రియాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭಕ್ತಿಪ್ರಿಯಾಓಂ ಭಕ್ತಿಪ್ರಿಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭക്തിപ്രിയാഓം ഭക്തിപ്രിയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப⁴க்திப்ரியாஓம் ப⁴க்திப்ரியாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભક્તિપ્રિયાૐ ભક્તિપ્રિયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভক্তিপ্রিয়াওঁ ভক্তিপ্রিয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭକ୍ତିପ୍ରିୟାଓଁ ଭକ୍ତିପ୍ରିୟାୟୈ ନମଃ