Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 901 of 1000: नादरूपिणीनाद-रूपिणी · NādarūpiṇīNāda-rūpiṇī

Embodied As Primal Sound

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Artha

What the name means

She takes the form of nāda, the resonance out of which speech and world alike unfold.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ नादरूपिण्यै नमः

oṃ nādarūpiṇyai namaḥ

om nadarupinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nādarūpiṇī, as part of Shloka 167. 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: nādarūpiṇī

The possessive force lies in the suffix -in, so nādarūpa is the compound and rūpiṇī the taddhita made on it; the name is also commonly read as a bahuvrīhi, she who has sound for her form.

नादरूपिणीnādarūpiṇī

having sound for her form

vigraha nādasya rūpam iti nādarūpam, tad asyā astīti nādarūpiṇī

नादnāda

sound, resonance, the primal tone

रूपिणीrūpiṇī

having as her form

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 167Names 898–905

वीरगोष्ठीप्रिया वीरा नैष्कर्म्या नादरूपिणी ।

विज्ञानकलना कल्या विदग्धा बैन्दवासना ॥ १६७ ॥

vīragoṣṭhīpriyā vīrā naiṣkarmyā nādarūpiṇī

vijñānakalanā kalyā vidagdhā baindavāsanā

Study the whole shloka: The circle of heroes, and the point at its centre

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
nadarupiniom nadarupinyai namah
ITRANS
nAdarUpiNIOM nAdarUpiNyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
nAdarUpiNIOM nAdarUpiNyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
నాదరూపిణీఓం నాదరూపిణ్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ನಾದರೂಪಿಣೀಓಂ ನಾದರೂಪಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
നാദരൂപിണീഓം നാദരൂപിണ്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
நாத³ரூபிணீஓம் நாத³ரூபிண்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
નાદરૂપિણીૐ નાદરૂપિણ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
নাদরূপিণীওঁ নাদরূপিণ্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ନାଦରୂପିଣୀଓଁ ନାଦରୂପିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ