Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 234 of 1000: महात्रिपुरसुन्दरीमहा-त्रि-पुर-सुन्दरी · MahātripurasundarīMahā-tri-pura-sundarī

Great Beauty Of The Three Cities

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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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: mahātripurasundarī
महात्रिपुरसुन्दरीmahātripurasundarī

the great Tripurasundarī

vigraha mahatī cāsau tripurasundarī ca

महाmahā

great

त्रिपुरसुन्दरीtripurasundarī

the beautiful one of the three cities

vigraha tripureṣu sundarī

त्रिपुरtripuradvigu

the three cities

vigraha trayāṇāṃ purāṇāṃ samāhāraḥ

त्रिtri

three

पुरpura

city, fortress, stronghold

सुन्दरीsundarī

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