Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 299 of 1000: नादरूपानाद-रूपा · NādarūpāNāda-rūpā

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Artha

What the name means

Before speech divides into syllables it is a single undivided resonance, and that resonance is her body.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ नादरूपायै नमः

oṃ nādarūpāyai namaḥ

om nadarupayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nādarūpā, 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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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.

Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: nādarūpā
नादरूपाnādarūpā

she whose form is sound itself

vigraha nādo rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā

नादnāda

sound, tone, resonance

रूपrūpa

form, body

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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
nadarupaom nadarupayai namah
ITRANS
nAdarUpAOM nAdarUpAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
nAdarUpAOM nAdarUpAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
నాదరూపాఓం నాదరూపాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ನಾದರೂಪಾಓಂ ನಾದರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
നാദരൂപാഓം നാദരൂപായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
நாத³ரூபாஓம் நாத³ரூபாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
નાદરૂપાૐ નાદરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
নাদরূপাওঁ নাদরূপায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ନାଦରୂପାଓଁ ନାଦରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ