Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 360 of 1000: तनुमध्यातनु-मध्या · TanumadhyāTanu-madhyā
Slender-Waisted
Artha
What the name means
Her waist is narrow enough to be spanned by a hand.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तनुमध्यायै नमः
oṃ tanumadhyāyai namaḥ
om tanumadhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tanumadhyā, as part of Shloka 79. 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
whose waist is slender
vigraha tanu madhyaṃ yasyāḥ sā tanumadhyā
thin, slender, fine
the middle of the body, the waist
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 79Names 357–361
तापत्रयाग्निसन्तप्तसमाह्लादनचन्द्रिका ।
तरुणी तापसाराध्या तनुमध्या तमोऽपहा ॥ ७९ ॥
tāpatrayāgnisantaptasamāhlādanacandrikā
taruṇī tāpasārādhyā tanumadhyā tamo'pahā
Study the whole shloka: Moonlight on scorched ground, and the dark driven off
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- tanumadhyaom tanumadhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- tanumadhyAOM tanumadhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- tanumadhyAOM tanumadhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తనుమధ్యాఓం తనుమధ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತನುಮಧ್ಯಾಓಂ ತನುಮಧ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തനുമധ്യാഓം തനുമധ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தனுமத்⁴யாஓம் தனுமத்⁴யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તનુમધ્યાૐ તનુમધ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তনুমধ্যাওঁ তনুমধ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତନୁମଧ୍ୟାଓଁ ତନୁମଧ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ