Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 234 of 1000: महात्रिपुरसुन्दरीमहा-त्रि-पुर-सुन्दरी · MahātripurasundarīMahā-tri-pura-sundarī
Great Beauty Of The Three Cities
Artha
What the name means
Under this name she is worshipped as the loveliness that presides over the three cities of waking, dream and sleep.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महात्रिपुरसुन्दर्यै नमः
oṃ mahātripurasundaryai namaḥ
om mahatripurasundaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahātripurasundarī, as part of Shloka 57. 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
the great Tripurasundarī
vigraha mahatī cāsau tripurasundarī ca
great
the beautiful one of the three cities
vigraha tripureṣu sundarī
the three cities
vigraha trayāṇāṃ purāṇāṃ samāhāraḥ
three
city, fortress, stronghold
beautiful woman
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 57Names 232–234
महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिणी ।
महाकामेशमहिषी महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी ॥ ५७ ॥
maheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇī
mahākāmeśamahiṣī mahātripurasundarī
Study the whole shloka: Witness of the dance at the end of the world
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahatripurasundariom mahatripurasundaryai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAtripurasundarIOM mahAtripurasundaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAtripurasundarIOM mahAtripurasundaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాత్రిపురసున్దరీఓం మహాత్రిపురసున్దర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾತ್ರಿಪುರಸುನ್ದರೀಓಂ ಮಹಾತ್ರಿಪುರಸುನ್ದರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാത്രിപുരസുന്ദരീഓം മഹാത്രിപുരസുന്ദര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாத்ரிபுரஸுந்த³ரீஓம் மஹாத்ரிபுரஸுந்த³ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાત્રિપુરસુન્દરીૐ મહાત્રિપુરસુન્દર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাত্রিপুরসুন্দরীওঁ মহাত্রিপুরসুন্দর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାତ୍ରିପୁରସୁନ୍ଦରୀଓଁ ମହାତ୍ରିପୁରସୁନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ