Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 554 of 1000: अचिन्त्यरूपाअचिन्त्य-रूपा · AcintyarūpāAcintya-rūpā
Of Unthinkable Form
Artha
What the name means
Her shape defeats the imagination, since every form the mind supplies is drawn from what she has already made.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अचिन्त्यरूपायै नमः
oṃ acintyarūpāyai namaḥ
om achintyarupayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, acintyarūpā, as part of Shloka 113. 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 whose form is beyond conceiving
vigraha acintyaṃ rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā
Inconceivable
vigraha na cintyaḥ
not, un-
to be thought of, conceivable
form, shape, appearance
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 113Names 553–558
अग्रगण्याऽचिन्त्यरूपा कलिकल्मषनाशिनी ।
कात्यायनी कालहन्त्री कमलाक्षनिषेविता ॥ ११३ ॥
agragaṇyā'cintyarūpā kalikalmaṣanāśinī
kātyāyanī kālahantrī kamalākṣaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: First in the reckoning, unthinkable in form, and the slayer of Time
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- achintyarupaom achintyarupayai namah
- ITRANS
- achintyarUpAOM achintyarUpAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- acintyarUpAOM acintyarUpAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అచిన్త్యరూపాఓం అచిన్త్యరూపాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಚಿನ್ತ್ಯರೂಪಾಓಂ ಅಚಿನ್ತ್ಯರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അചിന്ത്യരൂപാഓം അചിന്ത്യരൂപായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அசிந்த்யரூபாஓம் அசிந்த்யரூபாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અચિન્ત્યરૂપાૐ અચિન્ત્યરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অচিন্ত্যরূপাওঁ অচিন্ত্যরূপায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅଚିନ୍ତ୍ୟରୂପାଓଁ ଅଚିନ୍ତ୍ୟରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ