Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 56 of 1000: श्रीमन्नगरनायिकाश्रीमन्-नगर-नायिका · ŚrīmannagaranāyikāŚrīman-nagara-nāyikā
Lady Of The Resplendent City
Artha
What the name means
The shining city built in tiers around her is hers to govern, and she is its presiding lady.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ श्रीमन्नगरनायिकायै नमः
oṃ śrīmannagaranāyikāyai namaḥ
om shrimannagaranayikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śrīmannagaranāyikā, as part of Shloka 22. 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
mistress of the city of splendour
vigraha śrīmato nagarasya nāyikā
the city possessed of splendour
vigraha śrīmac ca tan nagaraṃ ca
possessed of splendour, glorious
city, town
mistress, lady, leader
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 22Names 55–58
सुमेरुमध्यशृङ्गस्था श्रीमन्नगरनायिका ।
चिन्तामणिगृहान्तस्था पञ्चब्रह्मासनस्थिता ॥ २२ ॥
sumerumadhyaśṛṅgasthā śrīmannagaranāyikā
cintāmaṇigṛhāntasthā pañcabrahmāsanasthitā
Study the whole shloka: From the world-mountain inward to the couch of the five gods
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shrimannagaranayikaom shrimannagaranayikayai namah
- ITRANS
- shrImannagaranAyikAOM shrImannagaranAyikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zrImannagaranAyikAOM zrImannagaranAyikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శ్రీమన్నగరనాయికాఓం శ్రీమన్నగరనాయికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ನಗರನಾಯಿಕಾಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ನಗರನಾಯಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശ്രീമന്നഗരനായികാഓം ശ്രീമന്നഗരനായികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்ரீமன்நக³ரநாயிகாஓம் ஸ்ரீமன்நக³ரநாயிகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શ્રીમન્નગરનાયિકાૐ શ્રીમન્નગરનાયિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শ্রীমন্নগরনায়িকাওঁ শ্রীমন্নগরনায়িকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶ୍ରୀମନ୍ନଗରନାୟିକାଓଁ ଶ୍ରୀମନ୍ନଗରନାୟିକାୟୈ ନମଃ