Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 895 of 1000: योनिनिलयायोनि-निलया · YoninilayāYoni-nilayā
The Abode Of The Source
Artha
What the name means
Having no origin of her own, she is nonetheless where every origin has its seat.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ योनिनिलयायै नमः
oṃ yoninilayāyai namaḥ
om yoninilayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, yoninilayā, 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
the dwelling place of the womb of things
vigraha yoneḥ nilayaḥ
womb, source, origin
abode, resting place
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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
- 893विष्णुरूपिणीviṣṇurūpiṇīEmbodied As Viṣṇu
- 894अयोनिःayoniḥHaving No Origin
- 896कूटस्थाkūṭasthāStanding Unmoved At The Summit
- 897कुलरूपिणीkularūpiṇīEmbodied As The Kula
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- yoninilayaom yoninilayayai namah
- ITRANS
- yoninilayAOM yoninilayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- yoninilayAOM yoninilayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- యోనినిలయాఓం యోనినిలయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಯೋನಿನಿಲಯಾಓಂ ಯೋನಿನಿಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- യോനിനിലയാഓം യോനിനിലയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- யோனிநிலயாஓம் யோனிநிலயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- યોનિનિલયાૐ યોનિનિલયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- যোনিনিলয়াওঁ যোনিনিলয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଯୋନିନିଲୟାଓଁ ଯୋନିନିଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ