Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 309 of 1000: रञ्जनी · Rañjanī
She Who Gladdens
Artha
What the name means
She colours the mind the way a dye takes to cloth, and what she colours it with is joy.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रञ्जन्यै नमः
oṃ rañjanyai namaḥ
om ranjanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, rañjanī, as part of Shloka 71. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 71Names 305–312
राजराजार्चिता राज्ञी रम्या राजीवलोचना ।
रञ्जनी रमणी रस्या रणत्किङ्किणिमेखला ॥ ७१ ॥
rājarājārcitā rājñī ramyā rājīvalocanā
rañjanī ramaṇī rasyā raṇatkiṅkiṇimekhalā
Study the whole shloka: A queen in her own right, and bells at the waist
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ranjaniom ranjanyai namah
- ITRANS
- ra~njanIOM ra~njanyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- raJjanIOM raJjanyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రఞ్జనీఓం రఞ్జన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಞ್ಜನೀಓಂ ರಞ್ಜನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രഞ്ജനീഓം രഞ്ജന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரஞ்ஜனீஓம் ரஞ்ஜன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રઞ્જનીૐ રઞ્જન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রঞ্জনীওঁ রঞ্জন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରଞ୍ଜନୀଓଁ ରଞ୍ଜନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ