Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 850 of 1000: वर्णरूपिणीवर्ण-रूपिणी · VarṇarūpiṇīVarṇa-rūpiṇī
Embodied As The Letters
Artha
What the name means
She takes the form of the sounds of the alphabet, so speech is not a description of her but a piece of her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वर्णरूपिण्यै नमः
oṃ varṇarūpiṇyai namaḥ
om varnarupinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, varṇarūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 158. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Since -in supplies the possessive sense, varṇarūpa is the compound proper and rūpiṇī the taddhita on it; the word is also read as a bahuvrīhi, she who has the letters for her form.
she who takes the form of the letters
vigraha varṇānāṃ rūpiṇī
letter, sound of speech; colour
she who bears the form of
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 158Names 844–850
छन्दःसारा शास्त्रसारा मन्त्रसारा तलोदरी ।
उदारकीर्तिरुद्दामवैभवा वर्णरूपिणी ॥ १५८ ॥
chandaḥsārā śāstrasārā mantrasārā talodarī
udārakīrtiruddāmavaibhavā varṇarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The pith of metre, of treatise, of mantra — and the letters themselves
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- varnarupiniom varnarupinyai namah
- ITRANS
- varNarUpiNIOM varNarUpiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- varNarUpiNIOM varNarUpiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వర్ణరూపిణీఓం వర్ణరూపిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವರ್ಣರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ವರ್ಣರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വര്ണരൂപിണീഓം വര്ണരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வர்ணரூபிணீஓம் வர்ணரூபிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વર્ણરૂપિણીૐ વર્ણરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বর্ণরূপিণীওঁ বর্ণরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବର୍ଣରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ବର୍ଣରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ