Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 775 of 1000: मेरुनिलयामेरु-निलया · MerunilayāMeru-nilayā
Dwelling On Meru
Artha
What the name means
Her house stands on Meru, the golden mountain at the centre around which everything else turns.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मेरुनिलयायै नमः
oṃ merunilayāyai namaḥ
om merunilayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, merunilayā, as part of Shloka 148. 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 abode is Meru
vigraha merur nilayo yasyāḥ sā
Meru, the golden world-mountain
resting-place, dwelling, abode
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 148Names 771–776
दुराराध्या दुराधर्षा पाटलीकुसुमप्रिया ।
महती मेरुनिलया मन्दारकुसुमप्रिया ॥ १४८ ॥
durārādhyā durādharṣā pāṭalīkusumapriyā
mahatī merunilayā mandārakusumapriyā
Study the whole shloka: Hard to approach, and fond of two particular flowers
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- merunilayaom merunilayayai namah
- ITRANS
- merunilayAOM merunilayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- merunilayAOM merunilayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మేరునిలయాఓం మేరునిలయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೇರುನಿಲಯಾಓಂ ಮೇರುನಿಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മേരുനിലയാഓം മേരുനിലയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மேருநிலயாஓம் மேருநிலயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મેરુનિલયાૐ મેરુનિલયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মেরুনিলয়াওঁ মেরুনিলয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମେରୁନିଲୟାଓଁ ମେରୁନିଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ