Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 16 of 1000: मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषकामुख-चन्द्र-कलङ्काभ-मृगनाभि-विशेषका · MukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakāMukha-candra-kalaṅkābha-mṛganābhi-viśeṣakā
Whose Musk Mark Is The Moon's Spot
Artha
What the name means
The dab of musk on her face plays the part that the dark blemish plays on the moon, a small shadow that only sharpens the brightness around it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषकायै नमः
oṃ mukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakāyai namaḥ
om mukhachandrakalankabhamriganabhivisheshakayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakā, as part of Shloka 5. 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 musk mark looks like the spot on the moon of her face
vigraha mukhacandrakalaṅkābhaṃ mṛganābhiviśeṣakaṃ yasyāḥ sā
resembling the blemish on the moon that is her face
vigraha mukhacandrakalaṅkasya ābheva ābhā yasya tat
the dark mark on the face-moon
vigraha mukhacandrasya kalaṅkaḥ
the moon that is her face
vigraha mukham eva candraḥ
face, countenance
moon
spot, stain, blemish
resembling, having the look of
the ornamental mark drawn in musk
vigraha mṛganābhinā kṛtaṃ viśeṣakam
musk, literally the deer's navel
a decorative mark painted on the face
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 5Names 15–16
अष्टमीचन्द्रविभ्राजदलिकस्थलशोभिता ।
मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषका ॥ ५ ॥
aṣṭamīcandravibhrājadalikasthalaśobhitā
mukhacandrakalaṅkābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakā
Study the whole shloka: The eighth-night moon on her brow
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mukhachandrakalankabhamriganabhivisheshakaom mukhachandrakalankabhamriganabhivisheshakayai namah
- ITRANS
- mukhachandrakala~NkAbhamRRiganAbhivisheShakAOM mukhachandrakala~NkAbhamRRiganAbhivisheShakAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mukhacandrakalaGkAbhamRganAbhivizeSakAOM mukhacandrakalaGkAbhamRganAbhivizeSakAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ముఖచన్ద్రకలఙ్కాభమృగనాభివిశేషకాఓం ముఖచన్ద్రకలఙ్కాభమృగనాభివిశేషకాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮುಖಚನ್ದ್ರಕಲಙ್ಕಾಭಮೃಗನಾಭಿವಿಶೇಷಕಾಓಂ ಮುಖಚನ್ದ್ರಕಲಙ್ಕಾಭಮೃಗನಾಭಿವಿಶೇಷಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മുഖചന്ദ്രകലങ്കാഭമൃഗനാഭിവിശേഷകാഓം മുഖചന്ദ്രകലങ്കാഭമൃഗനാഭിവിശേഷകായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- முக²சந்த்³ரகலங்காப⁴ம்ருக³னாபி⁴விஶேஷகாஓம் முக²சந்த்³ரகலங்காப⁴ம்ருக³னாபி⁴விஶேஷகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મુખચન્દ્રકલઙ્કાભમૃગનાભિવિશેષકાૐ મુખચન્દ્રકલઙ્કાભમૃગનાભિવિશેષકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মুখচন্দ্রকলঙ্কাভমৃগনাভিবিশেষকাওঁ মুখচন্দ্রকলঙ্কাভমৃগনাভিবিশেষকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୁଖଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକଲଙ୍କାଭମୃଗନାଭିବିଶେଷକାଓଁ ମୁଖଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକଲଙ୍କାଭମୃଗନାଭିବିଶେଷକାୟୈ ନମଃ