Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 816 of 1000: मुनिमानसहंसिकामुनि-मानस-हंसिका · MunimānasahaṃsikāMuni-mānasa-haṃsikā

Swan On The Sages' Mind-Lake

Artha

What the name means

The quieted mind of a sage is her lake Mānasa, and she floats there as a swan that will settle on no more troubled water.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मुनिमानसहंसिकायै नमः

oṃ munimānasahaṃsikāyai namaḥ

om munimanasahamsikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, munimānasahaṃsikā, as part of Shloka 154. 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 154, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10

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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: munimānasahaṃsikā

मुनिमानसहंसिकाmunimānasahaṃsikā

the swan on the mind-lake of the sages

vigraha munīnāṃ mānase haṃsikā

मुनिमानसmunimānasa

the minds of the sages, which are their Mānasa lake

vigraha munīnāṃ mānasam

मुनिmuni

sage, ascetic, one moved by inward impulse

मानसmānasa

the mind; the lake Mānasa

हंसिकाhaṃsikā

female swan or wild goose

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 154Names 813–820

मूर्ताऽमूर्ताऽनित्यतृप्ता मुनिमानसहंसिका ।

सत्यव्रता सत्यरूपा सर्वान्तर्यामिनी सती ॥ १५४ ॥

mūrtā'mūrtā'nityatṛptā munimānasahaṃsikā

satyavratā satyarūpā sarvāntaryāminī satī

Study the whole shloka: Formed and formless, and the swan that settles only on still water

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: munimanasahamsikaom munimanasahamsikayai namah
ITRANS: munimAnasahaMsikAOM munimAnasahaMsikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: munimAnasahaMsikAOM munimAnasahaMsikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: మునిమానసహంసికాఓం మునిమానసహంసికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಮುನಿಮಾನಸಹಂಸಿಕಾಓಂ ಮುನಿಮಾನಸಹಂಸಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: മുനിമാനസഹംസികാഓം മുനിമാനസഹംസികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: முனிமானஸஹம்ஸிகாஓம் முனிமானஸஹம்ஸிகாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: મુનિમાનસહંસિકાૐ મુનિમાનસહંસિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: মুনিমানসহংসিকাওঁ মুনিমানসহংসিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ମୁନିମାନସହଂସିକାଓଁ ମୁନିମାନସହଂସିକାୟୈ ନମଃ