Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 298 of 1000: नारायणी · Nārāyaṇī
Consort Of Nārāyaṇa
Artha
What the name means
Named from Nārāyaṇa, she is the power by which the god who rests on the waters does anything at all.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नारायण्यै नमः
oṃ nārāyaṇyai namaḥ
om narayanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nārāyaṇī, as part of Shloka 70. 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
vṛddhi feminine derivative of nārāyaṇa; not a compound
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 70Names 298–304
नारायणी नादरूपा नामरूपविवर्जिता ।
ह्रीङ्कारी ह्रीमती हृद्या हेयोपादेयवर्जिता ॥ ७० ॥
nārāyaṇī nādarūpā nāmarūpavivarjitā
hrīṅkārī hrīmatī hṛdyā heyopādeyavarjitā
Study the whole shloka: Where the fourth digit ends and the fifth begins
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- narayaniom narayanyai namah
- ITRANS
- nArAyaNIOM nArAyaNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nArAyaNIOM nArAyaNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నారాయణీఓం నారాయణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಾರಾಯಣೀಓಂ ನಾರಾಯಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നാരായണീഓം നാരായണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நாராயணீஓம் நாராயண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નારાયણીૐ નારાયણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নারায়ণীওঁ নারায়ণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନାରାୟଣୀଓଁ ନାରାୟଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ