Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 315 of 1000: रतिरूपारति-रूपा · RatirūpāRati-rūpā
Shaped Of Delight
Artha
What the name means
She wears the form of Rati, so that erotic delight is not something she has but something she is.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रतिरूपायै नमः
oṃ ratirūpāyai namaḥ
om ratirupayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ratirūpā, as part of Shloka 72. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
whose form is delight
vigraha ratir eva rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā ratirūpā
pleasure, erotic delight, personified as Rati
form, shape
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 72Names 313–320
रमा राकेन्दुवदना रतिरूपा रतिप्रिया ।
रक्षाकरी राक्षसघ्नी रामा रमणलम्पटा ॥ ७२ ॥
ramā rākenduvadanā ratirūpā ratipriyā
rakṣākarī rākṣasaghnī rāmā ramaṇalampaṭā
Study the whole shloka: Fortune, the full moon, and a goddess greedy for her lover
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ratirupaom ratirupayai namah
- ITRANS
- ratirUpAOM ratirUpAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- ratirUpAOM ratirUpAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రతిరూపాఓం రతిరూపాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರತಿರೂಪಾಓಂ ರತಿರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രതിരൂപാഓം രതിരൂപായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரதிரூபாஓம் ரதிரூபாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રતિરૂપાૐ રતિરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রতিরূপাওঁ রতিরূপায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରତିରୂପାଓଁ ରତିରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ