Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 450 of 1000: नन्दिनी · Nandinī
The Delighter
Artha
What the name means
Gladness follows wherever she goes, and giving it is her nature.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नन्दिन्यै नमः
oṃ nandinyai namaḥ
om nandinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nandinī, as part of Shloka 94. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 94Names 442–451
कुमारगणनाथाम्बा तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मतिर्धृतिः ।
शान्तिः स्वस्तिमती कान्तिर्नन्दिनी विघ्ननाशिनी ॥ ९४ ॥
kumāragaṇanāthāmbā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmatirdhṛtiḥ
śāntiḥ svastimatī kāntirnandinī vighnanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Mother of two sons, and then nine words for what people want
Chanted with it
- 442कुमारगणनाथाम्बाkumāragaṇanāthāmbāMother Of Kumāra And Gaṇanātha
- 443तुष्टिःtuṣṭiḥContentment
- 444पुष्टिःpuṣṭiḥNourishment
- 445मतिःmatiḥUnderstanding
- 446धृतिःdhṛtiḥSteadfastness
- 447शान्तिःśāntiḥPeace
- 448स्वस्तिमतीsvastimatīPossessed Of Wellbeing
- 449कान्तिःkāntiḥRadiance
- 451विघ्ननाशिनीvighnanāśinīDestroyer Of Obstacles
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nandiniom nandinyai namah
- ITRANS
- nandinIOM nandinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nandinIOM nandinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నన్దినీఓం నన్దిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನನ್ದಿನೀಓಂ ನನ್ದಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നന്ദിനീഓം നന്ദിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நந்தி³னீஓம் நந்தி³ன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નન્દિનીૐ નન્દિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নন্দিনীওঁ নন্দিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନନ୍ଦିନୀଓଁ ନନ୍ଦିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ