Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 129 of 1000: शरच्चन्द्रनिभाननाशरच्-चन्द्र-निभानना · ŚaraccandranibhānanāŚarac-candra-nibhānanā
Face Like The Autumn Moon
Artha
What the name means
Her face holds the clean cool light of the moon in autumn, once the rains have scrubbed the sky.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शरच्चन्द्रनिभाननायै नमः
oṃ śaraccandranibhānanāyai namaḥ
om sharachchandranibhananayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śaraccandranibhānanā, as part of Shloka 43. 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
she whose face resembles the autumn moon
vigraha śaraccandranibham ānanaṃ yasyāḥ sā
resembling the autumn moon
vigraha śaraccandreṇa nibham
the moon of autumn
vigraha śaradi candraḥ
autumn, the season of ripening
the moon, the shining one
resembling, of the same look as
the face
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 43Names 126–133
शाङ्करी श्रीकरी साध्वी शरच्चन्द्रनिभानना ।
शातोदरी शान्तिमती निराधारा निरञ्जना ॥ ४३ ॥
śāṅkarī śrīkarī sādhvī śaraccandranibhānanā
śātodarī śāntimatī nirādhārā nirañjanā
Study the whole shloka: The autumn moon, and then the turn to nothing
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sharachchandranibhananaom sharachchandranibhananayai namah
- ITRANS
- sharachchandranibhAnanAOM sharachchandranibhAnanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zaraccandranibhAnanAOM zaraccandranibhAnanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శరచ్చన్ద్రనిభాననాఓం శరచ్చన్ద్రనిభాననాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶರಚ್ಚನ್ದ್ರನಿಭಾನನಾಓಂ ಶರಚ್ಚನ್ದ್ರನಿಭಾನನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശരച്ചന്ദ്രനിഭാനനാഓം ശരച്ചന്ദ്രനിഭാനനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶரச்சந்த்³ரநிபா⁴னனாஓம் ஶரச்சந்த்³ரநிபா⁴னனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શરચ્ચન્દ્રનિભાનનાૐ શરચ્ચન્દ્રનિભાનનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শরচ্চন্দ্রনিভাননাওঁ শরচ্চন্দ্রনিভাননায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶରଚ୍ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନିଭାନନାଓଁ ଶରଚ୍ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନିଭାନନାୟୈ ନମଃ