Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 388 of 1000: नित्यक्लिन्नानित्य-क्लिन्ना · NityaklinnāNitya-klinnā
Ever Moist
Artha
What the name means
She is never dry towards those who ask; the tenderness in her is always already wet, as her name among the Nityā goddesses says.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नित्यक्लिन्नायै नमः
oṃ nityaklinnāyai namaḥ
om nityaklinnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nityaklinnā, as part of Shloka 85. 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
perpetually moist
vigraha nityaṃ klinnā nityaklinnā
constant, perpetual
moistened, wet, softened
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 85Names 388–392
नित्यक्लिन्ना निरुपमा निर्वाणसुखदायिनी ।
नित्याषोडशिकारूपा श्रीकण्ठार्धशरीरिणी ॥ ८५ ॥
nityaklinnā nirupamā nirvāṇasukhadāyinī
nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇī
Study the whole shloka: The ever-moist Nityā, and half of Śiva's body
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nityaklinnaom nityaklinnayai namah
- ITRANS
- nityaklinnAOM nityaklinnAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nityaklinnAOM nityaklinnAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిత్యక్లిన్నాఓం నిత్యక్లిన్నాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಕ್ಲಿನ್ನಾಓಂ ನಿತ್ಯಕ್ಲಿನ್ನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിത്യക്ലിന്നാഓം നിത്യക്ലിന്നായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நித்யக்லின்னாஓம் நித்யக்லின்னாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિત્યક્લિન્નાૐ નિત્યક્લિન્નાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিত্যক্লিন্নাওঁ নিত্যক্লিন্নায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିତ୍ୟକ୍ଲିନ୍ନାଓଁ ନିତ୍ୟକ୍ଲିନ୍ନାୟୈ ନମଃ