Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 397 of 1000: मूलप्रकृतिःमूल-प्रकृतिः · MūlaprakṛtiḥMūla-prakṛtiḥ
Nature At The Root
Artha
What the name means
She is the first material, the nature that everything else is a modification of and that is a modification of nothing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मूलप्रकृत्यै नमः
oṃ mūlaprakṛtyai namaḥ
om mulaprakrityai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mūlaprakṛtiḥ, as part of Shloka 86. 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
primordial nature
vigraha mūlabhūtā prakṛtiḥ mūlaprakṛtiḥ
root, base, origin
nature, primary substance
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 86Names 393–399
प्रभावती प्रभारूपा प्रसिद्धा परमेश्वरी ।
मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी ॥ ८६ ॥
prabhāvatī prabhārūpā prasiddhā parameśvarī
mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: From radiance to root-nature: the hymn turns philosophical
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mulaprakritihom mulaprakrityai namah
- ITRANS
- mUlaprakRRitiHOM mUlaprakRRityai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mUlaprakRtiHOM mUlaprakRtyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మూలప్రకృతిఃఓం మూలప్రకృత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೂಲಪ್ರಕೃತಿಃಓಂ ಮೂಲಪ್ರಕೃತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മൂലപ്രകൃതിഃഓം മൂലപ്രകൃത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மூலப்ரக்ருதிஃஓம் மூலப்ரக்ருத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મૂલપ્રકૃતિઃૐ મૂલપ્રકૃત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মূলপ্রকৃতিঃওঁ মূলপ্রকৃত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୂଲପ୍ରକୃତିଃଓଁ ମୂଲପ୍ରକୃତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ