Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 897 of 1000: कुलरूपिणीकुल-रूपिणी · KularūpiṇīKula-rūpiṇī
Embodied As The Kula
Artha
What the name means
She takes the form of the Kaula lineage and of everything its word kula gathers up, the whole family of knower, knowing and known.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कुलरूपिण्यै नमः
oṃ kularūpiṇyai namaḥ
om kularupinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kularūpiṇī, 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 having belongs to the suffix -in, so kularūpa is the compound and rūpiṇī the formation on it; a bahuvrīhi analysis, she whose form is the kula, is also well attested.
she who takes the form of the Kula
vigraha kulasya rūpiṇī
family, clan, community; the Kaula tradition
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
- 893विष्णुरूपिणीviṣṇurūpiṇīEmbodied As Viṣṇu
- 894अयोनिःayoniḥHaving No Origin
- 895योनिनिलयाyoninilayāThe Abode Of The Source
- 896कूटस्थाkūṭasthāStanding Unmoved At The Summit
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kularupiniom kularupinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kularUpiNIOM kularUpiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kularUpiNIOM kularUpiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కులరూపిణీఓం కులరూపిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕುಲರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ಕುಲರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കുലരൂപിണീഓം കുലരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- குலரூபிணீஓம் குலரூபிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કુલરૂપિણીૐ કુલરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কুলরূপিণীওঁ কুলরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୁଲରୂପିଣୀଓଁ କୁଲରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ