Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 725 of 1000: दक्षिणामूर्तिरूपिणीदक्षिणा-मूर्ति-रूपिणी · DakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇīDakṣiṇā-mūrti-rūpiṇī

Embodied As Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Artha

What the name means

She takes the shape of Dakṣiṇāmūrti, the south-facing teacher who instructs by keeping silent.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ दक्षिणामूर्तिरूपिण्यै नमः

oṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇyai namaḥ

om dakshinamurtirupinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 140. 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.

ChantShloka 140, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

Speed

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī

The -in suffix is the possessive element, so the analysis takes dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpa as the compound and rūpiṇī as derived from it, rather than reading a bahuvrīhi, she who has Dakṣiṇāmūrti's form.

दक्षिणामूर्तिरूपिणीdakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī

having the form of Dakṣiṇāmūrti

vigraha dakṣiṇāmūrter rūpam asyā astīti dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī

दक्षिणामूर्तिdakṣiṇāmūrti

The South-Facing Form

vigraha dakṣiṇā mūrtiḥ

दक्षिणाdakṣiṇā

southward, facing south

मूर्तिmūrti

form, embodiment, image

रूपिणीrūpiṇī

having the form of (from rūpin)

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 140Names 723–727

स्वतन्त्रा सर्वतन्त्रेशी दक्षिणामूर्तिरूपिणी ।

सनकादिसमाराध्या शिवज्ञानप्रदायिनी ॥ १४० ॥

svatantrā sarvatantreśī dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇī

sanakādisamārādhyā śivajñānapradāyinī

Study the whole shloka: The silent teacher who faces south

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: dakshinamurtirupiniom dakshinamurtirupinyai namah
ITRANS: dakShiNAmUrtirUpiNIOM dakShiNAmUrtirUpiNyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: dakSiNAmUrtirUpiNIOM dakSiNAmUrtirUpiNyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: దక్షిణామూర్తిరూపిణీఓం దక్షిణామూర్తిరూపిణ్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಮೂರ್ತಿರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಮೂರ್ತಿರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ദക്ഷിണാമൂര്തിരൂപിണീഓം ദക്ഷിണാമൂര്തിരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: த³க்ஷிணாமூர்திரூபிணீஓம் த³க்ஷிணாமூர்திரூபிண்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: દક્ષિણામૂર્તિરૂપિણીૐ દક્ષિણામૂર્તિરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: দক্ষিণামূর্তিরূপিণীওঁ দক্ষিণামূর্তিরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ଦକ୍ଷିଣାମୂର୍ତିରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ଦକ୍ଷିଣାମୂର୍ତିରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ