Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 784 of 1000: प्राणरूपिणीप्राण-रूपिणी · PrāṇarūpiṇīPrāṇa-rūpiṇī
Embodied As The Breath Of Life
Artha
What the name means
She does not merely grant the life-breath; she is it, moving in every chest that rises and falls.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ प्राणरूपिण्यै नमः
oṃ prāṇarūpiṇyai namaḥ
om pranarupinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, prāṇarūpiṇī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
prāṇarūpa is the compound and the possessive -in is added to it, which is why the name is classed as a tatpuruṣa; it is also read as a bahuvrīhi, she who has the breath of life for her form.
having the vital breath for her form
vigraha prāṇo rūpam asyā astīti prāṇarūpiṇī
breath, the breath of life, vitality
having the form of (from rūpin)
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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
- pranarupiniom pranarupinyai namah
- ITRANS
- prANarUpiNIOM prANarUpiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- prANarUpiNIOM prANarUpiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ప్రాణరూపిణీఓం ప్రాణరూపిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪ್ರಾಣರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ಪ್ರಾಣರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പ്രാണരൂപിണീഓം പ്രാണരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்ராணரூபிணீஓம் ப்ராணரூபிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પ્રાણરૂપિણીૐ પ્રાણરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- প্রাণরূপিণীওঁ প্রাণরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପ୍ରାଣରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ପ୍ରାଣରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ