Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 249 of 1000: पञ्चप्रेतासनासीनापञ्च-प्रेतासनासीना · PañcapretāsanāsīnāPañca-pretāsanāsīnā

Seated On The Couch Of Five Corpses

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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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: pañcapretāsanāsīnā
पञ्चप्रेतासनासीनाpañcapretāsanāsīnā

seated on the couch made of the five corpses

vigraha pañcapretāsane āsīnā

पञ्चप्रेतासनpañcapretāsana

the seat formed of five corpses

vigraha pañcapretānām āsanam

पञ्चप्रेतpañcapretadvigu

the five corpses

vigraha pañca pretāḥ

पञ्चpañca

five

प्रेतpreta

one departed, a corpse

आसनāsana

seat, couch

आसीनाāsīnā

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