Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 59 of 1000: महापद्माटवीसंस्थामहा-पद्माटवी-संस्था · MahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthāMahā-padmāṭavī-saṃsthā

Dwelling In The Great Lotus Forest

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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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Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā
महापद्माटवीसंस्थाmahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā

abiding in the forest of great lotuses

vigraha mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ saṃsthā

महापद्माटवीmahāpadmāṭavī

a forest of great lotuses

vigraha mahāpadmānām aṭavī

महापद्मmahāpadma

a great lotus

vigraha mahac ca tat padmaṃ ca

महत्mahat

great, large

पद्मpadma

lotus

अटवीaṭavī

forest, wilderness, a place to roam in

संस्थsaṃstha

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