Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 562 of 1000: मोहिनी · Mohinī
The Bewitching One
Artha
What the name means
She casts the spell that holds the mind fast, the same power the myths give to the enchantress who took the nectar back from the demons.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मोहिन्यै नमः
oṃ mohinyai namaḥ
om mohinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mohinī, as part of Shloka 114. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 114Names 559–565
ताम्बूलपूरितमुखी दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभा ।
मृगाक्षी मोहिनी मुख्या मृडानी मित्ररूपिणी ॥ ११४ ॥
tāmbūlapūritamukhī dāḍimīkusumaprabhā
mṛgākṣī mohinī mukhyā mṛḍānī mitrarūpiṇī
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Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mohiniom mohinyai namah
- ITRANS
- mohinIOM mohinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mohinIOM mohinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మోహినీఓం మోహిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೋಹಿನೀಓಂ ಮೋಹಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മോഹിനീഓം മോഹിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மோஹினீஓம் மோஹின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મોહિનીૐ મોહિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মোহিনীওঁ মোহিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୋହିନୀଓଁ ମୋହିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ