Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 579 of 1000: मृणालमृदुदोर्लतामृणाल-मृदु-दोर्-लता · MṛṇālamṛdudorlatāMṛṇāla-mṛdu-dor-latā
Arms Soft As Lotus Fibre
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
she whose creeper-like arms are soft as lotus fibre
vigraha mṛṇālavan mṛdvyau dorlate yasyāḥ sā
Soft As Lotus Fibre
vigraha mṛṇālam iva mṛduḥ
the fibrous root or thread of a lotus
soft, tender, delicate
Arm-Creeper
vigraha latā iva doḥ
the arm, the forearm
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