Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 249 of 1000: पञ्चप्रेतासनासीनापञ्च-प्रेतासनासीना · PañcapretāsanāsīnāPañca-pretāsanāsīnā
Seated On The Couch Of Five Corpses
Artha
What the name means
Her couch rests on five gods who lie inert beneath her, alive only insofar as she animates them.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पञ्चप्रेतासनासीनायै नमः
oṃ pañcapretāsanāsīnāyai namaḥ
om panchapretasanasinayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pañcapretāsanāsīnā, as part of Shloka 61. 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
seated on the couch made of the five corpses
vigraha pañcapretāsane āsīnā
the seat formed of five corpses
vigraha pañcapretānām āsanam
the five corpses
vigraha pañca pretāḥ
five
one departed, a corpse
seat, couch
seated, sitting
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 61Names 249–253
पञ्चप्रेतासनासीना पञ्चब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी ।
चिन्मयी परमानन्दा विज्ञानघनरूपिणी ॥ ६१ ॥
pañcapretāsanāsīnā pañcabrahmasvarūpiṇī
cinmayī paramānandā vijñānaghanarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The couch of five corpses
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- panchapretasanasinaom panchapretasanasinayai namah
- ITRANS
- pa~nchapretAsanAsInAOM pa~nchapretAsanAsInAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paJcapretAsanAsInAOM paJcapretAsanAsInAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పఞ్చప్రేతాసనాసీనాఓం పఞ్చప్రేతాసనాసీనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪಞ್ಚಪ್ರೇತಾಸನಾಸೀನಾಓಂ ಪಞ್ಚಪ್ರೇತಾಸನಾಸೀನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പഞ്ചപ്രേതാസനാസീനാഓം പഞ്ചപ്രേതാസനാസീനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பஞ்சப்ரேதாஸனாஸீனாஓம் பஞ்சப்ரேதாஸனாஸீனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પઞ્ચપ્રેતાસનાસીનાૐ પઞ્ચપ્રેતાસનાસીનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পঞ্চপ্রেতাসনাসীনাওঁ পঞ্চপ্রেতাসনাসীনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପଞ୍ଚପ୍ରେତାସନାସୀନାଓଁ ପଞ୍ଚପ୍ରେତାସନାସୀନାୟୈ ନମଃ