Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 564 of 1000: मृडानी · Mṛḍānī
Consort Of Mṛḍa
Artha
What the name means
Named as the wife of the gracious Śiva, she is Pārvatī considered in relation to him.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मृडान्यै नमः
oṃ mṛḍānyai namaḥ
om mridanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mṛḍānī, 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 feminine formed from Mṛḍa, a name of Śiva; not a compound.
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
Study the whole shloka: Betel, pomegranate red, and five names on a single syllable
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mridaniom mridanyai namah
- ITRANS
- mRRiDAnIOM mRRiDAnyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mRDAnIOM mRDAnyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మృడానీఓం మృడాన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೃಡಾನೀಓಂ ಮೃಡಾನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മൃഡാനീഓം മൃഡാന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ம்ருடா³னீஓம் ம்ருடா³ன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મૃડાનીૐ મૃડાન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মৃডানীওঁ মৃডান্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୃଡାନୀଓଁ ମୃଡାନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ