Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 458 of 1000: मलयाचलवासिनीमलयाचल-वासिनी · MalayācalavāsinīMalayācala-vāsinī
Dwelling On Mount Malaya
Artha
What the name means
She lives on the sandal-bearing western range, and its fragrance goes with her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मलयाचलवासिन्यै नमः
oṃ malayācalavāsinyai namaḥ
om malayachalavasinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, malayācalavāsinī, as part of Shloka 95. 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
she who dwells on the Malaya mountain
vigraha malayācale vāsinī
The Malaya Mountain
vigraha malayo nāma acalaḥ
Malaya, the range along the western coast
the unmoving one, a mountain
she who dwells or abides
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 95Names 452–458
तेजोवती त्रिनयना लोलाक्षीकामरूपिणी ।
मालिनी हंसिनी माता मलयाचलवासिनी ॥ ९५ ॥
tejovatī trinayanā lolākṣīkāmarūpiṇī
mālinī haṃsinī mātā malayācalavāsinī
Study the whole shloka: Fire, a third eye, the garland of letters, the swan, and one plain word
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- malayachalavasiniom malayachalavasinyai namah
- ITRANS
- malayAchalavAsinIOM malayAchalavAsinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- malayAcalavAsinIOM malayAcalavAsinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మలయాచలవాసినీఓం మలయాచలవాసిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಲಯಾಚಲವಾಸಿನೀಓಂ ಮಲಯಾಚಲವಾಸಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മലയാചലവാസിനീഓം മലയാചലവാസിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மலயாசலவாஸினீஓம் மலயாசலவாஸின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મલયાચલવાસિનીૐ મલયાચલવાસિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মলয়াচলবাসিনীওঁ মলয়াচলবাসিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମଲୟାଚଲବାସିନୀଓଁ ମଲୟାଚଲବାସିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ