Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 380 of 1000: बिन्दुमण्डलवासिनीबिन्दु-मण्डल-वासिनी · BindumaṇḍalavāsinīBindu-maṇḍala-vāsinī

Dwelling In The Circle Of The Bindu

Artha

What the name means

She lives at the point at the centre of the diagram, where the whole figure gathers to a single dot.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ बिन्दुमण्डलवासिन्यै नमः

oṃ bindumaṇḍalavāsinyai namaḥ

om bindumandalavasinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bindumaṇḍalavāsinī, as part of Shloka 83. 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.

ChantShloka 83, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: bindumaṇḍalavāsinī

बिन्दुमण्डलवासिनीbindumaṇḍalavāsinī

she who dwells in the region of the bindu

vigraha bindumaṇḍale vasatīti bindumaṇḍalavāsinī

बिन्दुमण्डलbindumaṇḍala

the circle around the central point

vigraha bindor maṇḍalaṃ bindumaṇḍalam

बिन्दुbindu

a drop, a point, the central dot of the diagram

मण्डलmaṇḍala

a disk, circle, region

वासिनीvāsinī

she who dwells

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 83Names 379–382

ओड्याणपीठनिलया बिन्दुमण्डलवासिनी ।

रहोयागक्रमाराध्या रहस्तर्पणतर्पिता ॥ ८३ ॥

oḍyāṇapīṭhanilayā bindumaṇḍalavāsinī

rahoyāgakramārādhyā rahastarpaṇatarpitā

Study the whole shloka: From a seat on the map to the point at the centre, and what is done there in private

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: bindumandalavasiniom bindumandalavasinyai namah
ITRANS: bindumaNDalavAsinIOM bindumaNDalavAsinyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: bindumaNDalavAsinIOM bindumaNDalavAsinyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: బిన్దుమణ్డలవాసినీఓం బిన్దుమణ్డలవాసిన్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಬಿನ್ದುಮಣ್ಡಲವಾಸಿನೀಓಂ ಬಿನ್ದುಮಣ್ಡಲವಾಸಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ബിന്ദുമണ്ഡലവാസിനീഓം ബിന്ദുമണ്ഡലവാസിന്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: பி³ந்து³மண்ட³லவாஸினீஓம் பி³ந்து³மண்ட³லவாஸின்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: બિન્દુમણ્ડલવાસિનીૐ બિન્દુમણ્ડલવાસિન્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বিন্দুমণ্ডলবাসিনীওঁ বিন্দুমণ্ডলবাসিন্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବିନ୍ଦୁମଣ୍ଡଲବାସିନୀଓଁ ବିନ୍ଦୁମଣ୍ଡଲବାସିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ