Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 579 of 1000: मृणालमृदुदोर्लतामृणाल-मृदु-दोर्-लता · MṛṇālamṛdudorlatāMṛṇāla-mṛdu-dor-latā

Arms Soft As Lotus Fibre

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Artha

What the name means

Her two arms curve like creepers and yield to the touch as the tender thread inside a lotus stalk does.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मृणालमृदुदोर्लतायै नमः

oṃ mṛṇālamṛdudorlatāyai namaḥ

om mrinalamridudorlatayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā, as part of Shloka 117. 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā
मृणालमृदुदोर्लताmṛṇālamṛdudorlatā

she whose creeper-like arms are soft as lotus fibre

vigraha mṛṇālavan mṛdvyau dorlate yasyāḥ sā

मृणालमृदुmṛṇālamṛdu

Soft As Lotus Fibre

vigraha mṛṇālam iva mṛduḥ

मृणालmṛṇāla

the fibrous root or thread of a lotus

मृदुmṛdu

soft, tender, delicate

दोर्लताdorlatā

Arm-Creeper

vigraha latā iva doḥ

दोस्dos

the arm, the forearm

लताlatā

a creeper, a slender winding plant

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 117Names 578–582

महाकैलासनिलया मृणालमृदुदोर्लता ।

महनीया दयामूर्तिर्महासाम्राज्यशालिनी ॥ ११७ ॥

mahākailāsanilayā mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā

mahanīyā dayāmūrtirmahāsāmrājyaśālinī

Study the whole shloka: Soft arms on the great mountain, and an empire

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
mrinalamridudorlataom mrinalamridudorlatayai namah
ITRANS
mRRiNAlamRRidudorlatAOM mRRiNAlamRRidudorlatAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
mRNAlamRdudorlatAOM mRNAlamRdudorlatAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
మృణాలమృదుదోర్లతాఓం మృణాలమృదుదోర్లతాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಮೃಣಾಲಮೃದುದೋರ್ಲತಾಓಂ ಮೃಣಾಲಮೃದುದೋರ್ಲತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
മൃണാലമൃദുദോര്ലതാഓം മൃണാലമൃദുദോര്ലതായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ம்ருணாலம்ருது³தோ³ர்லதாஓம் ம்ருணாலம்ருது³தோ³ர்லதாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
મૃણાલમૃદુદોર્લતાૐ મૃણાલમૃદુદોર્લતાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
মৃণালমৃদুদোর্লতাওঁ মৃণালমৃদুদোর্লতায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ମୃଣାଲମୃଦୁଦୋର୍ଲତାଓଁ ମୃଣାଲମୃଦୁଦୋର୍ଲତାୟୈ ନମଃ