Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 947 of 1000: पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिनीपञ्च-प्रेत-मञ्चाधिशायिनी · PañcapretamañcādhiśāyinīPañca-preta-mañcādhiśāyinī

Reclining On The Corpse Couch

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Artha

What the name means

Her couch is carried by five gods lying inert as corpses, and she alone upon it remains awake.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिन्यै नमः

oṃ pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinyai namaḥ

om panchapretamanchadhishayinyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī, 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.

ChantShloka 174, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:10
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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī
पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिनीpañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī

she who lies upon the couch of the five corpses

vigraha pañcapretamañce'dhiśete iti

पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चpañcapretamañca

the couch formed of the five corpses

vigraha pañcapretānāṃ mañcaḥ

पञ्चप्रेतpañcapretadvigu

the five corpses

vigraha pañcānāṃ pretānāṃ samāhāraḥ

पञ्चन्pañcan

five

प्रेतpreta

a departed one, corpse

मञ्चmañca

couch, raised platform, dais

अधिशायिनीadhiśāyinī

she who lies upon

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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
panchapretamanchadhishayiniom panchapretamanchadhishayinyai namah
ITRANS
pa~nchapretama~nchAdhishAyinIOM pa~nchapretama~nchAdhishAyinyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
paJcapretamaJcAdhizAyinIOM paJcapretamaJcAdhizAyinyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
పఞ్చప్రేతమఞ్చాధిశాయినీఓం పఞ్చప్రేతమఞ్చాధిశాయిన్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಪಞ್ಚಪ್ರೇತಮಞ್ಚಾಧಿಶಾಯಿನೀಓಂ ಪಞ್ಚಪ್ರೇತಮಞ್ಚಾಧಿಶಾಯಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
പഞ്ചപ്രേതമഞ്ചാധിശായിനീഓം പഞ്ചപ്രേതമഞ്ചാധിശായിന്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
பஞ்சப்ரேதமஞ்சாதி⁴ஶாயினீஓம் பஞ்சப்ரேதமஞ்சாதி⁴ஶாயின்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
પઞ્ચપ્રેતમઞ્ચાધિશાયિનીૐ પઞ્ચપ્રેતમઞ્ચાધિશાયિન્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
পঞ্চপ্রেতমঞ্চাধিশায়িনীওঁ পঞ্চপ্রেতমঞ্চাধিশায়িন্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ପଞ୍ଚପ୍ରେତମଞ୍ଚାଧିଶାୟିନୀଓଁ ପଞ୍ଚପ୍ରେତମଞ୍ଚାଧିଶାୟିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ