Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 495 of 1000: मणिपूराब्जनिलयामणिपूराब्ज-निलया · MaṇipūrābjanilayāMaṇipūrābja-nilayā

Seated In The Maṇipūra Lotus

Artha

What the name means

Her place is the lotus at the navel, the jewelled city for which it is named.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मणिपूराब्जनिलयायै नमः

oṃ maṇipūrābjanilayāyai namaḥ

om manipurabjanilayayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, maṇipūrābjanilayā, as part of Shloka 102. 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 102, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: maṇipūrābjanilayā

मणिपूराब्जनिलयाmaṇipūrābjanilayā

she whose seat is the maṇipūra lotus

vigraha maṇipūrābjaṃ nilayo yasyāḥ sā

मणिपूराब्जmaṇipūrābja

The Lotus Called Maṇipūra

vigraha maṇipūram iti nāmnā abjam

मणिपूरmaṇipūra

the navel; the mystic circle set there

अब्जabja

the water-born, a lotus

निलयnilaya

resting-place, abode

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 102Names 495–498

मणिपूराब्जनिलया वदनत्रयसंयुता ।

वज्रादिकायुधोपेता डामर्यादिभिरावृता ॥ १०२ ॥

maṇipūrābjanilayā vadanatrayasaṃyutā

vajrādikāyudhopetā ḍāmaryādibhirāvṛtā

Study the whole shloka: Lākinī at the navel, three-faced and armed with the thunderbolt

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: manipurabjanilayaom manipurabjanilayayai namah
ITRANS: maNipUrAbjanilayAOM maNipUrAbjanilayAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: maNipUrAbjanilayAOM maNipUrAbjanilayAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: మణిపూరాబ్జనిలయాఓం మణిపూరాబ్జనిలయాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಮಣಿಪೂರಾಬ್ಜನಿಲಯಾಓಂ ಮಣಿಪೂರಾಬ್ಜನಿಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: മണിപൂരാബ്ജനിലയാഓം മണിപൂരാബ്ജനിലയായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: மணிபூராப்³ஜநிலயாஓம் மணிபூராப்³ஜநிலயாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: મણિપૂરાબ્જનિલયાૐ મણિપૂરાબ્જનિલયાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: মণিপূরাব্জনিলয়াওঁ মণিপূরাব্জনিলয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ମଣିପୂରାବ୍ଜନିଲୟାଓଁ ମଣିପୂରାବ୍ଜନିଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ