Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 778 of 1000: विराड्रूपाविराड्-रूपा · VirāḍrūpāVirāḍ-rūpā

Whose Form Is Virāj

Artha

What the name means

The vast shining body of the universe, Virāj, is one of her shapes.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ विराड्रूपायै नमः

oṃ virāḍrūpāyai namaḥ

om viradrupayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, virāḍrūpā, as part of Shloka 149. 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 149, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: virāḍrūpā

विराड्रूपाvirāḍrūpā

whose form is the cosmic Virāj

vigraha virāḍ rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā

विराज्virāj

ruling far and wide; Virāj, the first embodied cosmos

रूपrūpa

form, shape, nature

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 149Names 777–784

वीराराध्या विराड्रूपा विरजा विश्वतोमुखी ।

प्रत्यग्रूपा पराकाशा प्राणदा प्राणरूपिणी ॥ १४९ ॥

vīrārādhyā virāḍrūpā virajā viśvatomukhī

pratyagrūpā parākāśā prāṇadā prāṇarūpiṇī

Study the whole shloka: The cosmic body, the inward self, and the breath between them

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: viradrupaom viradrupayai namah
ITRANS: virADrUpAOM virADrUpAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: virADrUpAOM virADrUpAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: విరాడ్రూపాఓం విరాడ్రూపాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ವಿರಾಡ್ರೂಪಾಓಂ ವಿರಾಡ್ರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: വിരാഡ്രൂപാഓം വിരാഡ്രൂപായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: விராட்³ரூபாஓம் விராட்³ரூபாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: વિરાડ્રૂપાૐ વિરાડ્રૂપાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বিরাড্রূপাওঁ বিরাড্রূপায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବିରାଡ୍ରୂପାଓଁ ବିରାଡ୍ରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ