Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 944 of 1000: वज्रिणी · Vajriṇī
Wielder Of The Thunderbolt
Artha
What the name means
She carries the vajra, the adamantine weapon that cuts what nothing else will cut.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वज्रिण्यै नमः
oṃ vajriṇyai namaḥ
om vajrinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vajriṇī, as part of Shloka 174. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Possessive suffix -in on vajra 'thunderbolt', feminine vajriṇī.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 174Names 942–947
व्योमकेशी विमानस्था वज्रिणी वामकेश्वरी ।
पञ्चयज्ञप्रिया पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिनी ॥ १७४ ॥
vyomakeśī vimānasthā vajriṇī vāmakeśvarī
pañcayajñapriyā pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Sky for hair, thunderbolt in hand, five gods for a couch
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vajriniom vajrinyai namah
- ITRANS
- vajriNIOM vajriNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vajriNIOM vajriNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వజ్రిణీఓం వజ్రిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಜ್ರಿಣೀಓಂ ವಜ್ರಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വജ്രിണീഓം വജ്രിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வஜ்ரிணீஓம் வஜ்ரிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વજ્રિણીૐ વજ્રિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বজ্রিণীওঁ বজ্রিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବଜ୍ରିଣୀଓଁ ବଜ୍ରିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ