Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 796 of 1000: कामरूपिणीकाम-रूपिणी · KāmarūpiṇīKāma-rūpiṇī
Taking Any Form She Wishes
Artha
What the name means
She wears whatever shape she pleases, and the shape desire itself takes is also hers.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कामरूपिण्यै नमः
oṃ kāmarūpiṇyai namaḥ
om kamarupinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmarūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 151. 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
The having is in the suffix -in, so kāmarūpa is the compound and rūpiṇī the derivative; the same word read as a bahuvrīhi gives she who has the form she desires. The name recurs as the second member of nāma 454.
having the form she wishes
vigraha kāmato rūpam asyā astīti kāmarūpiṇī
wish, desire, one's own will
having the form of (from rūpin)
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 151Names 791–796
सत्यज्ञानानन्दरूपा सामरस्यपरायणा ।
कपर्दिनी कलामाला कामधुक् कामरूपिणी ॥ १५१ ॥
satyajñānānandarūpā sāmarasyaparāyaṇā
kapardinī kalāmālā kāmadhuk kāmarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Truth, knowledge and bliss, and then the same thing with hair and a cow
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kamarupiniom kamarupinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAmarUpiNIOM kAmarUpiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmarUpiNIOM kAmarUpiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామరూపిణీఓం కామరూపిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ಕಾಮರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമരൂപിണീഓം കാമരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காமரூபிணீஓம் காமரூபிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામરૂપિણીૐ કામરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কামরূপিণীওঁ কামরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମରୂପିଣୀଓଁ କାମରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ