Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 129 of 1000: शरच्चन्द्रनिभाननाशरच्-चन्द्र-निभानना · ŚaraccandranibhānanāŚarac-candra-nibhānanā

Face Like The Autumn Moon

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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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: śaraccandranibhānanā
शरच्चन्द्रनिभाननाśaraccandranibhānanā

she whose face resembles the autumn moon

vigraha śaraccandranibham ānanaṃ yasyāḥ sā

शरच्चन्द्रनिभśaraccandranibha

resembling the autumn moon

vigraha śaraccandreṇa nibham

शरच्चन्द्रśaraccandra

the moon of autumn

vigraha śaradi candraḥ

शरद्śarad

autumn, the season of ripening

चन्द्रcandra

the moon, the shining one

निभnibha

resembling, of the same look as

आननānana

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