Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 59 of 1000: महापद्माटवीसंस्थामहा-पद्माटवी-संस्था · MahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthāMahā-padmāṭavī-saṃsthā
Dwelling In The Great Lotus Forest
Artha
What the name means
She has her seat in a thicket of enormous lotuses, a place where the flowers grow as thick as trees.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महापद्माटवीसंस्थायै नमः
oṃ mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthāyai namaḥ
om mahapadmatavisamsthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā, as part of Shloka 23. 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
abiding in the forest of great lotuses
vigraha mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ saṃsthā
a forest of great lotuses
vigraha mahāpadmānām aṭavī
a great lotus
vigraha mahac ca tat padmaṃ ca
great, large
lotus
forest, wilderness, a place to roam in
abiding in, resting in
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 23Names 59–63
महापद्माटवीसंस्था कदम्बवनवासिनी ।
सुधासागरमध्यस्था कामाक्षी कामदायिनी ॥ २३ ॥
mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā kadambavanavāsinī
sudhāsāgaramadhyasthā kāmākṣī kāmadāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Lotus forest, kadamba grove, sea of nectar — and then her eyes
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahapadmatavisamsthaom mahapadmatavisamsthayai namah
- ITRANS
- mahApadmATavIsaMsthAOM mahApadmATavIsaMsthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahApadmATavIsaMsthAOM mahApadmATavIsaMsthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాపద్మాటవీసంస్థాఓం మహాపద్మాటవీసంస్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಪದ್ಮಾಟವೀಸಂಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಮಹಾಪದ್ಮಾಟವೀಸಂಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാപദ്മാടവീസംസ്ഥാഓം മഹാപദ്മാടവീസംസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாபத்³மாடவீஸம்ஸ்தா²ஓம் மஹாபத்³மாடவீஸம்ஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાપદ્માટવીસંસ્થાૐ મહાપદ્માટવીસંસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাপদ্মাটবীসংস্থাওঁ মহাপদ্মাটবীসংস্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାପଦ୍ମାଟବୀସଂସ୍ଥାଓଁ ମହାପଦ୍ମାଟବୀସଂସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ