Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 280 of 1000: पद्मनाभसहोदरीपद्म-नाभ-सहोदरी · PadmanābhasahodarīPadma-nābha-sahodarī
Sister Of Viṣṇu
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
the uterine sister of the lotus-navelled one
vigraha padmanābhasya sahodarī
the lotus-navelled one, Viṣṇu
vigraha padmaṃ nābhau yasya saḥ
lotus
navel
one born of the same womb, a sister
vigraha samānam udaraṃ yasyāḥ sā
together with, the same (for samāna)
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