Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 887 of 1000: विप्रप्रियाविप्र-प्रिया · ViprapriyāVipra-priyā
To Whom Brahmins Are Dear
Artha
What the name means
The inspired and the learned stand close to her, and she favours those who keep the sacred word in use.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विप्रप्रियायै नमः
oṃ viprapriyāyai namaḥ
om viprapriyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viprapriyā, as part of Shloka 165. 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
to whom brahmins are dear
vigraha viprāḥ priyāḥ yasyāḥ sā
inwardly stirred, inspired one, sage, brahmin
dear, beloved, pleasing
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 165Names 884–889
धर्माधारा धनाध्यक्षा धनधान्यविवर्धिनी ।
विप्रप्रिया विप्ररूपा विश्वभ्रमणकारिणी ॥ १६५ ॥
dharmādhārā dhanādhyakṣā dhanadhānyavivardhinī
viprapriyā viprarūpā viśvabhramaṇakāriṇī
Study the whole shloka: Three names in dha, three in vi: from grain in the store to the turning of the world
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- viprapriyaom viprapriyayai namah
- ITRANS
- viprapriyAOM viprapriyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- viprapriyAOM viprapriyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విప్రప్రియాఓం విప్రప్రియాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಪ್ರಪ್ರಿಯಾಓಂ ವಿಪ್ರಪ್ರಿಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിപ്രപ്രിയാഓം വിപ്രപ്രിയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விப்ரப்ரியாஓம் விப்ரப்ரியாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિપ્રપ્રિયાૐ વિપ્રપ્રિયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিপ্রপ্রিয়াওঁ বিপ্রপ্রিয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିପ୍ରପ୍ରିୟାଓଁ ବିପ୍ରପ୍ରିୟାୟୈ ନମଃ