Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 256 of 1000: विश्वरूपाविश्व-रूपा · ViśvarūpāViśva-rūpā
Whose Form Is The Universe
Artha
What the name means
Looked at rightly, the universe is not her handiwork but her body.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वरूपायै नमः
oṃ viśvarūpāyai namaḥ
om vishvarupayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvarūpā, as part of Shloka 62. 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
she who has the whole world for her form
vigraha viśvaṃ rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā
all, whole, the universe
form, body
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 62Names 254–259
ध्यानध्यातृध्येयरूपा धर्माधर्मविवर्जिता ।
विश्वरूपा जागरिणी स्वपन्ती तैजसात्मिका ॥ ६२ ॥
dhyānadhyātṛdhyeyarūpā dharmādharmavivarjitā
viśvarūpā jāgariṇī svapantī taijasātmikā
Study the whole shloka: Meditation, the meditator, and the thing meditated on
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvarupaom vishvarupayai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvarUpAOM vishvarUpAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvarUpAOM vizvarUpAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వరూపాఓం విశ్వరూపాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪಾಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വരൂപാഓം വിശ്വരൂപായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வரூபாஓம் விஶ்வரூபாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વરૂપાૐ વિશ્વરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বরূপাওঁ বিশ্বরূপায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱରୂପାଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ