Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 888 of 1000: विप्ररूपाविप्र-रूपा · ViprarūpāVipra-rūpā
Whose Form Is The Brahmin
Artha
What the name means
She appears as the brahmin himself, so respect paid to him is not a substitute for worship of her but the thing itself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विप्ररूपायै नमः
oṃ viprarūpāyai namaḥ
om viprarupayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viprarūpā, 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.
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
having the brahmin for her form
vigraha vipraḥ eva rūpaṃ yasyāḥ sā
inspired one, sage, brahmin
form, shape, appearance
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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
- viprarupaom viprarupayai namah
- ITRANS
- viprarUpAOM viprarUpAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- viprarUpAOM viprarUpAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విప్రరూపాఓం విప్రరూపాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಪ್ರರೂಪಾಓಂ ವಿಪ್ರರೂಪಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിപ്രരൂപാഓം വിപ്രരൂപായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விப்ரரூபாஓம் விப்ரரூபாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિપ્રરૂપાૐ વિપ્રરૂપાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিপ্ররূপাওঁ বিপ্ররূপায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିପ୍ରରୂପାଓଁ ବିପ୍ରରୂପାୟୈ ନମଃ