Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 893 of 1000: विष्णुरूपिणीविष्णु-रूपिणी · ViṣṇurūpiṇīViṣṇu-rūpiṇī
Embodied As Viṣṇu
Artha
What the name means
The preserving god is a shape she takes rather than a separate person she deals with.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विष्णुरूपिण्यै नमः
oṃ viṣṇurūpiṇyai namaḥ
om vishnurupinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viṣṇurūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 166. 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
Taken as a taddhita in -in on viṣṇurūpa, the suffix doing the possessive work; the name can equally be read as a bahuvrīhi, she who has Viṣṇu's form.
she who takes the form of Viṣṇu
vigraha viṣṇoḥ rūpiṇī
Viṣṇu, the all-pervading preserver
she who bears the form of
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 166Names 890–897
विश्वग्रासा विद्रुमाभा वैष्णवी विष्णुरूपिणी ।
अयोनिर्योनिनिलया कूटस्था कुलरूपिणी ॥ १६६ ॥
viśvagrāsā vidrumābhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇurūpiṇī
ayoniryoninilayā kūṭasthā kularūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The world as one mouthful, and a printed word that hides a seam
Chanted with it
- 890विश्वग्रासाviśvagrāsāFor Whom The Universe Is One Mouthful
- 891विद्रुमाभाvidrumābhāOf Coral Radiance
- 892वैष्णवीvaiṣṇavīThe Power Of Viṣṇu
- 894अयोनिःayoniḥHaving No Origin
- 895योनिनिलयाyoninilayāThe Abode Of The Source
- 896कूटस्थाkūṭasthāStanding Unmoved At The Summit
- 897कुलरूपिणीkularūpiṇīEmbodied As The Kula
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishnurupiniom vishnurupinyai namah
- ITRANS
- viShNurUpiNIOM viShNurUpiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- viSNurUpiNIOM viSNurUpiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విష్ణురూపిణీఓం విష్ణురూపిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിഷ്ണുരൂപിണീഓം വിഷ്ണുരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஷ்ணுரூபிணீஓம் விஷ்ணுரூபிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિષ્ણુરૂપિણીૐ વિષ્ણુરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিষ্ণুরূপিণীওঁ বিষ্ণুরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଷ୍ଣୁରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ବିଷ୍ଣୁରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ