Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 567 of 1000: भक्तनिधिःभक्त-निधिः · BhaktanidhiḥBhakta-nidhiḥ
Treasury Of The Devoted
Artha
What the name means
For those attached to her she is the hoard itself, the wealth kept in reserve against every need.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भक्तनिधये नमः
oṃ bhaktanidhaye namaḥ
om bhaktanidhaye namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhaktanidhiḥ, as part of Shloka 115. 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
nidhi is lexically masculine; here it stands as a feminine epithet of the goddess.
she who is the treasure of her devotees
vigraha bhaktānāṃ nidhiḥ
devoted, a worshipper
a store, hoard, treasure
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 115Names 566–571
नित्यतृप्ता भक्तनिधिर्नियन्त्री निखिलेश्वरी ।
मैत्र्यादिवासनालभ्या महाप्रलयसाक्षिणी ॥ ११५ ॥
nityatṛptā bhaktanidhirniyantrī nikhileśvarī
maitryādivāsanālabhyā mahāpralayasākṣiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Needing nothing, reached by goodwill, watching the end
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bhaktanidhihom bhaktanidhaye namah
- ITRANS
- bhaktanidhiHOM bhaktanidhaye namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhaktanidhiHOM bhaktanidhaye namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భక్తనిధిఃఓం భక్తనిధయే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭಕ್ತನಿಧಿಃಓಂ ಭಕ್ತನಿಧಯೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭക്തനിധിഃഓം ഭക്തനിധയേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப⁴க்தநிதி⁴ஃஓம் ப⁴க்தநித⁴யே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભક્તનિધિઃૐ ભક્તનિધયે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভক্তনিধিঃওঁ ভক্তনিধয়ে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭକ୍ତନିଧିଃଓଁ ଭକ୍ତନିଧୟେ ନମଃ