Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 982 of 1000: योनिमुद्रायोनि-मुद्रा · YonimudrāYoni-mudrā
The Yoni Seal
Artha
What the name means
She is the yonimudrā, the gesture that shapes with the fingers the source from which everything issues.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ योनिमुद्रायै नमः
oṃ yonimudrāyai namaḥ
om yonimudrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, yonimudrā, as part of Shloka 180. 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 seal that takes the shape of the yoni
vigraha yonir eva mudrā
womb, source, place of origin
seal, ritual gesture of the hands
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 180Names 982–989
योनिमुद्रा त्रिखण्डेशी त्रिगुणाम्बा त्रिकोणगा ।
अनघाऽद्भुतचारित्रा वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनी ॥ १८० ॥
yonimudrā trikhaṇḍeśī triguṇāmbā trikoṇagā
anaghā'dbhutacāritrā vāñchitārthapradāyinī
Study the whole shloka: The last two seals, three triangles, and one plain word for mother
Chanted with it
- 983त्रिखण्डेशीtrikhaṇḍeśīMistress Of The Threefold Seal
- 984त्रिगुणाtriguṇāHolder Of The Three Strands
- 985अम्बाambāMother
- 986त्रिकोणगाtrikoṇagāDwelling In The Triangle
- 987अनघाanaghāThe Sinless
- 988अद्भुतचारित्राadbhutacāritrāOf Wondrous Deeds
- 989वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनीvāñchitārthapradāyinīBestower Of Desired Ends
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- yonimudraom yonimudrayai namah
- ITRANS
- yonimudrAOM yonimudrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- yonimudrAOM yonimudrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- యోనిముద్రాఓం యోనిముద్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಯೋನಿಮುದ್ರಾಓಂ ಯೋನಿಮುದ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- യോനിമുദ്രാഓം യോനിമുദ്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- யோனிமுத்³ராஓம் யோனிமுத்³ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- યોનિમુદ્રાૐ યોનિમુદ્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- যোনিমুদ্রাওঁ যোনিমুদ্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଯୋନିମୁଦ୍ରାଓଁ ଯୋନିମୁଦ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ