Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 280 of 1000: पद्मनाभसहोदरीपद्म-नाभ-सहोदरी · PadmanābhasahodarīPadma-nābha-sahodarī

Sister Of Viṣṇu

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Artha

What the name means

She and the lotus-navelled god came from one womb, which is why Viṣṇu ranks as her brother rather than her devotee.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ पद्मनाभसहोदर्यै नमः

oṃ padmanābhasahodaryai namaḥ

om padmanabhasahodaryai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, padmanābhasahodarī, as part of Shloka 65. 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: padmanābhasahodarī
पद्मनाभसहोदरीpadmanābhasahodarī

the uterine sister of the lotus-navelled one

vigraha padmanābhasya sahodarī

पद्मनाभpadmanābha

the lotus-navelled one, Viṣṇu

vigraha padmaṃ nābhau yasya saḥ

पद्मpadma

lotus

नाभnābha

navel

सहोदरीsahodarī

one born of the same womb, a sister

vigraha samānam udaraṃ yasyāḥ sā

सहsaha

together with, the same (for samāna)

उदरudara

belly, womb

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 65Names 275–280

भानुमण्डलमध्यस्था भैरवी भगमालिनी ।

पद्मासना भगवती पद्मनाभसहोदरी ॥ ६५ ॥

bhānumaṇḍalamadhyasthā bhairavī bhagamālinī

padmāsanā bhagavatī padmanābhasahodarī

Study the whole shloka: In the middle of the sun's disc

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
padmanabhasahodariom padmanabhasahodaryai namah
ITRANS
padmanAbhasahodarIOM padmanAbhasahodaryai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
padmanAbhasahodarIOM padmanAbhasahodaryai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
పద్మనాభసహోదరీఓం పద్మనాభసహోదర్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಪದ್ಮನಾಭಸಹೋದರೀಓಂ ಪದ್ಮನಾಭಸಹೋದರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
പദ്മനാഭസഹോദരീഓം പദ്മനാഭസഹോദര്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
பத்³மநாப⁴ஸஹோத³ரீஓம் பத்³மநாப⁴ஸஹோத³ர்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
પદ્મનાભસહોદરીૐ પદ્મનાભસહોદર્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
পদ্মনাভসহোদরীওঁ পদ্মনাভসহোদর্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ପଦ୍ମନାଭସହୋଦରୀଓଁ ପଦ୍ମନାଭସହୋଦର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ