Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 509 of 1000: मेदोनिष्ठामेदो-निष्ठा · MedoniṣṭhāMedo-niṣṭhā
Established In The Fat
Artha
What the name means
Of the seven bodily constituents she governs medas, the fatty tissue that the medical texts seat in the abdomen.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मेदोनिष्ठायै नमः
oṃ medoniṣṭhāyai namaḥ
om medonishthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, medoniṣṭhā, as part of Shloka 105. 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who has her station in the fat
vigraha medasi niṣṭhā
fat, marrow, one of the seven bodily constituents
position, standing, firm seat
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 105Names 509–513
मेदोनिष्ठा मधुप्रीता बन्धिन्यादिसमन्विता ।
दध्यन्नासक्तहृदया काकिनीरूपधारिणी ॥ १०५ ॥
medoniṣṭhā madhuprītā bandhinyādisamanvitā
dadhyannāsaktahṛdayā kākinīrūpadhāriṇī
Study the whole shloka: Fat, sweetness, curd-rice, and the name at last: Kākinī
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- medonishthaom medonishthayai namah
- ITRANS
- medoniShThAOM medoniShThAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- medoniSThAOM medoniSThAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మేదోనిష్ఠాఓం మేదోనిష్ఠాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೇದೋನಿಷ್ಠಾಓಂ ಮೇದೋನಿಷ್ಠಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മേദോനിഷ്ഠാഓം മേദോനിഷ്ഠായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மேதோ³நிஷ்டா²ஓம் மேதோ³நிஷ்டா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મેદોનિષ્ઠાૐ મેદોનિષ્ઠાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মেদোনিষ্ঠাওঁ মেদোনিষ্ঠায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମେଦୋନିଷ୍ଠାଓଁ ମେଦୋନିଷ୍ଠାୟୈ ନମଃ