Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 840 of 1000: मूलविग्रहरूपिणीमूल-विग्रह-रूपिणी · MūlavigraharūpiṇīMūla-vigraha-rūpiṇī

Embodied As The Root Form

Artha

What the name means

Every image made of her copies one original body, and she is that root form from which the copies take their likeness.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मूलविग्रहरूपिण्यै नमः

oṃ mūlavigraharūpiṇyai namaḥ

om mulavigraharupinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mūlavigraharūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 157. 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 157, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: mūlavigraharūpiṇī

Analysed as rūpin, the possessive derivative of mūlavigraharūpa, since the suffix and not the compound expresses the having; a bahuvrīhi reading, she whose form is the root body, is equally defensible.

मूलविग्रहरूपिणीmūlavigraharūpiṇī

she who takes the form of the original body

vigraha mūlavigrahasya rūpiṇī

मूलविग्रहmūlavigraha

the original body

vigraha mūlaṃ ca tad vigrahaḥ ca

मूलmūla

root, origin, base

विग्रहvigraha

body, bodily form

रूपिणीrūpiṇī

she who bears the form of

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 157Names 838–843

मुकुन्दा मुक्तिनिलया मूलविग्रहरूपिणी ।

भावज्ञा भवरोगघ्नी भवचक्रप्रवर्तिनी ॥ १५७ ॥

mukundā muktinilayā mūlavigraharūpiṇī

bhāvajñā bhavarogaghnī bhavacakrapravartinī

Study the whole shloka: She cures the disease of existence and keeps its wheel turning

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: mulavigraharupiniom mulavigraharupinyai namah
ITRANS: mUlavigraharUpiNIOM mUlavigraharUpiNyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: mUlavigraharUpiNIOM mUlavigraharUpiNyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: మూలవిగ్రహరూపిణీఓం మూలవిగ్రహరూపిణ్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಮೂಲವಿಗ್ರಹರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ಮೂಲವಿಗ್ರಹರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: മൂലവിഗ്രഹരൂപിണീഓം മൂലവിഗ്രഹരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: மூலவிக்³ரஹரூபிணீஓம் மூலவிக்³ரஹரூபிண்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: મૂલવિગ્રહરૂપિણીૐ મૂલવિગ્રહરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: মূলবিগ্রহরূপিণীওঁ মূলবিগ্রহরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ମୂଲବିଗ୍ରହରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ମୂଲବିଗ୍ରହରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ