Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 970 of 1000: सुवासिनी · Suvāsinī
The Auspicious Wife
Artha
What the name means
She is the suvāsinī, the honoured woman of the house whom the rite treats as the goddess herself present.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सुवासिन्यै नमः
oṃ suvāsinyai namaḥ
om suvasinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, suvāsinī, as part of Shloka 177. 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
Monier-Williams defines suvāsinī as a woman residing in her father's house, and as a courtesy term for a woman whose husband is alive.
she who dwells auspiciously
vigraha suṣṭhu vasatīti suvāsinī
well, auspiciously
she who dwells, resides
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 177Names 964–970
बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्या बाला लीलाविनोदिनी ।
सुमङ्गली सुखकरी सुवेषाढ्या सुवासिनी ॥ १७७ ॥
bandhūkakusumaprakhyā bālā līlāvinodinī
sumaṅgalī sukhakarī suveṣāḍhyā suvāsinī
Study the whole shloka: The scarlet flower, the girl, and the woman of the house
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- suvasiniom suvasinyai namah
- ITRANS
- suvAsinIOM suvAsinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- suvAsinIOM suvAsinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సువాసినీఓం సువాసిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸುವಾಸಿನೀಓಂ ಸುವಾಸಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സുവാസിനീഓം സുവാസിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸுவாஸினீஓம் ஸுவாஸின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સુવાસિનીૐ સુવાસિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সুবাসিনীওঁ সুবাসিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସୁବାସିନୀଓଁ ସୁବାସିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ