Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 253 of 1000: विज्ञानघनरूपिणीविज्ञान-घन-रूपिणी · VijñānaghanarūpiṇīVijñāna-ghana-rūpiṇī

Solid Mass Of Knowing

Artha

What the name means

She has the density the Upaniṣads ascribe to pure knowing, with no gap in it where unconsciousness could lodge.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ विज्ञानघनरूपिण्यै नमः

oṃ vijñānaghanarūpiṇyai namaḥ

om vijnanaghanarupinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vijñānaghanarūpiṇī, 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.

ChantShloka 61, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: vijñānaghanarūpiṇī

The having is carried by -in, so what is compounded is vijñānaghanarūpa and rūpiṇī is derived from that; the alternative analysis, a bahuvrīhi meaning she who has the form of a mass of knowing, is well established.

विज्ञानघनरूपिणीvijñānaghanarūpiṇī

having the form of a compact mass of consciousness

vigraha vijñānaghanasya rūpam asyā astīti

विज्ञानघनvijñānaghana

a solid mass of discerning awareness

vigraha vijñānasya ghanaḥ

विज्ञानvijñāna

discernment, understanding, consciousness

घनghana

compact, solid, a dense mass

रूपिणीrūpiṇī

having the form of

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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

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: vijnanaghanarupiniom vijnanaghanarupinyai namah
ITRANS: vij~nAnaghanarUpiNIOM vij~nAnaghanarUpiNyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: vijJAnaghanarUpiNIOM vijJAnaghanarUpiNyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: విజ్ఞానఘనరూపిణీఓం విజ్ఞానఘనరూపిణ్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಘನರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಘನರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: വിജ്ഞാനഘനരൂപിണീഓം വിജ്ഞാനഘനരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: விஜ்ஞானக⁴னரூபிணீஓம் விஜ்ஞானக⁴னரூபிண்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: વિજ્ઞાનઘનરૂપિણીૐ વિજ્ઞાનઘનરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বিজ্ঞানঘনরূপিণীওঁ বিজ্ঞানঘনরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବିଜ୍ଞାନଘନରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ବିଜ୍ଞାନଘନରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ