Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 336 of 1000: विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनीविन्ध्याचल-निवासिनी · VindhyācalanivāsinīVindhyācala-nivāsinī

Dweller On The Vindhyas

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Artha

What the name means

She has her seat in the Vindhya range, the wall of hills that divides the north of the land from the south.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ विन्ध्याचलनिवासिन्यै नमः

oṃ vindhyācalanivāsinyai namaḥ

om vindhyachalanivasinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vindhyācalanivāsinī, as part of Shloka 75. 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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: vindhyācalanivāsinī
विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनीvindhyācalanivāsinī

she who dwells on the Vindhya mountain

vigraha vindhyācale nivasatīti vindhyācalanivāsinī

विन्ध्याचलvindhyācala

the Vindhya mountain

vigraha vindhyo nāmācalaḥ vindhyācalaḥ

विन्ध्यvindhya

the Vindhya range

अचलacala

an unmoving thing, a mountain

निवासिनीnivāsinī

she who dwells

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 75Names 334–340

विश्वाधिका वेदवेद्या विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनी ।

विधात्री वेदजननी विष्णुमाया विलासिनी ॥ ७५ ॥

viśvādhikā vedavedyā vindhyācalanivāsinī

vidhātrī vedajananī viṣṇumāyā vilāsinī

Study the whole shloka: Greater than everything, and living in a particular range of hills

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
vindhyachalanivasiniom vindhyachalanivasinyai namah
ITRANS
vindhyAchalanivAsinIOM vindhyAchalanivAsinyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
vindhyAcalanivAsinIOM vindhyAcalanivAsinyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
విన్ధ్యాచలనివాసినీఓం విన్ధ్యాచలనివాసిన్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ವಿನ್ಧ್ಯಾಚಲನಿವಾಸಿನೀಓಂ ವಿನ್ಧ್ಯಾಚಲನಿವಾಸಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
വിന്ധ്യാചലനിവാസിനീഓം വിന്ധ്യാചലനിവാസിന്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
விந்த்⁴யாசலநிவாஸினீஓம் விந்த்⁴யாசலநிவாஸின்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
વિન્ધ્યાચલનિવાસિનીૐ વિન્ધ્યાચલનિવાસિન્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
বিন্ধ্যাচলনিবাসিনীওঁ বিন্ধ্যাচলনিবাসিন্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ବିନ୍ଧ୍ୟାଚଲନିବାସିନୀଓଁ ବିନ୍ଧ୍ୟାଚଲନିବାସିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ