Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 824 of 1000: बहुरूपाबहु-रूपा · BahurūpāBahu-rūpā

Of Many Forms

Artha

What the name means

She wears shape after shape without spending herself, and no one of them is more truly hers than the rest.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ बहुरूपायै नमः

oṃ bahurūpāyai namaḥ

om bahurupayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bahurūpā, as part of Shloka 155. 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 155, 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: bahurūpā

बहुरूपाbahurūpā

having many forms

vigraha bahūni rūpāṇi yasyāḥ sā

बहुbahu

many, much, manifold

रूपrūpa

form, shape

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 155Names 821–830

ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मजननी बहुरूपा बुधार्चिता ।

प्रसवित्री प्रचण्डाऽऽज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रकटाकृतिः ॥ १५५ ॥

brahmāṇī brahmajananī bahurūpā budhārcitā

prasavitrī pracaṇḍā''jñā pratiṣṭhā prakaṭākṛtiḥ

Study the whole shloka: The power of Brahmā, the fierce command, the form held open to sight

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: bahurupaom bahurupayai namah
ITRANS: bahurUpAOM bahurUpAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: bahurUpAOM bahurUpAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: బహురూపాఓం బహురూపాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಬಹುರೂಪಾಓಂ ಬಹುರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ബഹുരൂപാഓം ബഹുരൂപായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: ப³ஹுரூபாஓம் ப³ஹுரூபாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: બહુરૂપાૐ બહુરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বহুরূপাওঁ বহুরূপায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବହୁରୂପାଓଁ ବହୁରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ