Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 829 of 1000: प्रतिष्ठा · Pratiṣṭhā

The Foundation

Artha

What the name means

She is what other things stand on, the ground that gives a thing its footing and keeps it from falling out of existence.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ प्रतिष्ठायै नमः

oṃ pratiṣṭhāyai namaḥ

om pratishthayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pratiṣṭhā, 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

Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →

Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: pratiṣṭhā

A single word rather than a compound.

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

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: pratishthaom pratishthayai namah
ITRANS: pratiShThAOM pratiShThAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: pratiSThAOM pratiSThAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: ప్రతిష్ఠాఓం ప్రతిష్ఠాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಓಂ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: പ്രതിഷ്ഠാഓം പ്രതിഷ്ഠായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: ப்ரதிஷ்டா²ஓம் ப்ரதிஷ்டா²யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: પ્રતિષ્ઠાૐ પ્રતિષ્ઠાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: প্রতিষ্ঠাওঁ প্রতিষ্ঠায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାଓଁ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାୟୈ ନମଃ