Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 391 of 1000: नित्याषोडशिकारूपानित्या-षोडशिका-रूपा · NityāṣoḍaśikārūpāNityā-ṣoḍaśikā-rūpā

Formed Of The Sixteen Nityās

Artha

What the name means

Her body is the set of sixteen eternal goddesses, of whom she herself is the sixteenth and the whole.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ नित्याषोडशिकारूपायै नमः

oṃ nityāṣoḍaśikārūpāyai namaḥ

om nityashodashikarupayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā, 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.

ChantShloka 85, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā

The middle member can also be read as an appositional karmadhāraya, 'the eternal Ṣoḍaśī'.

नित्याषोडशिकारूपाnityāṣoḍaśikārūpā

whose form is the group of sixteen Nityās

vigraha nityāṣoḍaśikaiva rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā

नित्याषोडशिकाnityāṣoḍaśikā

the sixteen-fold company of the Nityās

vigraha nityānāṃ ṣoḍaśikā nityāṣoḍaśikā

नित्याnityā

a Nityā, one of the eternal goddesses

षोडशिकाṣoḍaśikā

a group of sixteen, the sixteenth

रूपrūpa

form, shape

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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

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: nityashodashikarupaom nityashodashikarupayai namah
ITRANS: nityAShoDashikArUpAOM nityAShoDashikArUpAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: nityASoDazikArUpAOM nityASoDazikArUpAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: నిత్యాషోడశికారూపాఓం నిత్యాషోడశికారూపాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ನಿತ್ಯಾಷೋಡಶಿಕಾರೂಪಾಓಂ ನಿತ್ಯಾಷೋಡಶಿಕಾರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: നിത്യാഷോഡശികാരൂപാഓം നിത്യാഷോഡശികാരൂപായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: நித்யாஷோட³ஶிகாரூபாஓம் நித்யாஷோட³ஶிகாரூபாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: નિત્યાષોડશિકારૂપાૐ નિત્યાષોડશિકારૂપાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: নিত্যাষোডশিকারূপাওঁ নিত্যাষোডশিকারূপায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ନିତ୍ୟାଷୋଡଶିକାରୂପାଓଁ ନିତ୍ୟାଷୋଡଶିକାରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ