Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 901 of 1000: नादरूपिणीनाद-रूपिणी · NādarūpiṇīNāda-rūpiṇī
Embodied As Primal Sound
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
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.
having sound for her form
vigraha nādasya rūpam iti nādarūpam, tad asyā astīti nādarūpiṇī
sound, resonance, the primal tone
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
Chanted with it
- 898वीरगोष्ठीप्रियाvīragoṣṭhīpriyāFond Of The Company Of Heroes
- 899वीराvīrāThe Heroine
- 900नैष्कर्म्याnaiṣkarmyāBeyond Action
- 902विज्ञानकलनाvijñānakalanāProducer Of Discerning Knowledge
- 903कल्याkalyāThe Whole And Ready One
- 904विदग्धाvidagdhāThe Consummately Skilled
- 905बैन्दवासनाbaindavāsanāSeated On The Bindu
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