Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 43 of 1000: कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्विताकूर्म-पृष्ठ-जयिष्णु-प्रपदान्विता · KūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitāKūrma-pṛṣṭha-jayiṣṇu-prapadānvitā

Whose Insteps Outdo The Tortoise Shell

Artha

What the name means

The arch of her foot rises with a curve smoother and more perfect than the domed back of a tortoise.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्वितायै नमः

oṃ kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitāyai namaḥ

om kurmaprishthajayishnuprapadanvitayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā, as part of Shloka 18. 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 18, 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)singularā-stemstem: kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā

कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्विताkūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā

endowed with insteps that surpass the back of a tortoise

vigraha kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇunā prapadena anvitā

कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदkūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapada

the instep that vanquishes the tortoise's shell

vigraha kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇu ca tat prapadaṃ ca

कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुkūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇu

conquering the back of a tortoise

vigraha kūrmapṛṣṭhaṃ jayiṣṇu

कूर्मपृष्ठkūrmapṛṣṭha

the back of a tortoise

vigraha kūrmasya pṛṣṭham

कूर्मkūrma

tortoise, turtle

पृष्ठpṛṣṭha

the back, the rounded upper surface

जयिष्णुjayiṣṇu

victorious, overcoming

प्रपदprapada

the fore part of the foot, the instep and toes

अन्वितanvita

endowed with, furnished with

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

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 18Names 41–43

इन्द्रगोपपरिक्षिप्तस्मरतूणाभजङ्घिका ।

गूढगुल्फा कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्विता ॥ १८ ॥

indragopaparikṣiptasmaratūṇābhajaṅghikā

gūḍhagulphā kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā

Study the whole shloka: Quivers strewn with rain-insects, and the arch of the foot

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: kurmaprishthajayishnuprapadanvitaom kurmaprishthajayishnuprapadanvitayai namah
ITRANS: kUrmapRRiShThajayiShNuprapadAnvitAOM kUrmapRRiShThajayiShNuprapadAnvitAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: kUrmapRSThajayiSNuprapadAnvitAOM kUrmapRSThajayiSNuprapadAnvitAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: కూర్మపృష్ఠజయిష్ణుప్రపదాన్వితాఓం కూర్మపృష్ఠజయిష్ణుప్రపదాన్వితాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಕೂರ್ಮಪೃಷ್ಠಜಯಿಷ್ಣುಪ್ರಪದಾನ್ವಿತಾಓಂ ಕೂರ್ಮಪೃಷ್ಠಜಯಿಷ್ಣುಪ್ರಪದಾನ್ವಿತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: കൂര്മപൃഷ്ഠജയിഷ്ണുപ്രപദാന്വിതാഓം കൂര്മപൃഷ്ഠജയിഷ്ണുപ്രപദാന്വിതായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: கூர்மப்ருஷ்ட²ஜயிஷ்ணுப்ரபதா³ன்விதாஓம் கூர்மப்ருஷ்ட²ஜயிஷ்ணுப்ரபதா³ன்விதாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: કૂર્મપૃષ્ઠજયિષ્ણુપ્રપદાન્વિતાૐ કૂર્મપૃષ્ઠજયિષ્ણુપ્રપદાન્વિતાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: কূর্মপৃষ্ঠজয়িষ্ণুপ্রপদান্বিতাওঁ কূর্মপৃষ্ঠজয়িষ্ণুপ্রপদান্বিতায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: କୂର୍ମପୃଷ୍ଠଜୟିଷ୍ଣୁପ୍ରପଦାନ୍ୱିତାଓଁ କୂର୍ମପୃଷ୍ଠଜୟିଷ୍ଣୁପ୍ରପଦାନ୍ୱିତାୟୈ ନମଃ