Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 460 of 1000: नलिनी · Nalinī
The Lotus
Artha
What the name means
She is the lotus and the pool it crowds, rising clear of the water she grows in.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नलिन्यै नमः
oṃ nalinyai namaḥ
om nalinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nalinī, as part of Shloka 96. 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 feminine formed on nalina, denoting the plant, its stalk, or a lotus pond
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 96Names 459–467
सुमुखी नलिनी सुभ्रूः शोभना सुरनायिका ।
कालकण्ठी कान्तिमती क्षोभिणी सूक्ष्मरूपिणी ॥ ९६ ॥
sumukhī nalinī subhrūḥ śobhanā suranāyikā
kālakaṇṭhī kāntimatī kṣobhiṇī sūkṣmarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: A face assembled name by name, and then declared too fine to see
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- naliniom nalinyai namah
- ITRANS
- nalinIOM nalinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nalinIOM nalinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నలినీఓం నలిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಲಿನೀಓಂ ನಲಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നലിനീഓം നലിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நலினீஓம் நலின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નલિનીૐ નલિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নলিনীওঁ নলিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନଲିନୀଓଁ ନଲିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ