Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 17 of 1000: वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिकावदन-स्मर-माङ्गल्य-गृह-तोरण-चिल्लिका · VadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikāVadana-smara-māṅgalya-gṛha-toraṇa-cillikā

Whose Brows Are Love's Archway

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Artha

What the name means

Her face is the festive house of Love, and her two eyebrows are the garlanded arch flung across its doorway.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिकायै नमः

oṃ vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikāyai namaḥ

om vadanasmaramangalyagrihatoranachillikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā, as part of Shloka 6. 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: vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā

Monier-Williams records cilli / cillikā chiefly as a pot-herb; the sense required here is the well-attested one of the eyebrow, as in the parallel word bhrūlatā.

वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिकाvadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā

she whose eyebrows are the festooned arch of Love's bridal house

vigraha vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇe iva cillike yasyāḥ sā

वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणvadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇa

the festooned gateway of the auspicious house of Love that is her face

vigraha vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhasya toraṇam

वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहvadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛha

her face, which is Love's own festive house

vigraha vadanam eva smarasya māṅgalyaṃ gṛham

वदनvadana

face, countenance

स्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहsmaramāṅgalyagṛha

the auspicious house of the god of love

vigraha smarasya māṅgalyaṃ gṛham

स्मरsmara

Kāma, the god of love; remembrance

माङ्गल्यmāṅgalya

auspicious, festive, bringing good fortune

गृहgṛha

house, dwelling

तोरणtoraṇa

arched gateway hung with festoons

चिल्लिकाcillikā

eyebrow

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 6Names 17–18

वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिका ।

वक्त्रलक्ष्मीपरीवाहचलन्मीनाभलोचना ॥ ६ ॥

vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikā

vaktralakṣmīparīvāhacalanmīnābhalocanā

Study the whole shloka: Love's archway and the darting fish

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
vadanasmaramangalyagrihatoranachillikaom vadanasmaramangalyagrihatoranachillikayai namah
ITRANS
vadanasmaramA~NgalyagRRihatoraNachillikAOM vadanasmaramA~NgalyagRRihatoraNachillikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
vadanasmaramAGgalyagRhatoraNacillikAOM vadanasmaramAGgalyagRhatoraNacillikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
వదనస్మరమాఙ్గల్యగృహతోరణచిల్లికాఓం వదనస్మరమాఙ్గల్యగృహతోరణచిల్లికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ವದನಸ್ಮರಮಾಙ್ಗಲ್ಯಗೃಹತೋರಣಚಿಲ್ಲಿಕಾಓಂ ವದನಸ್ಮರಮಾಙ್ಗಲ್ಯಗೃಹತೋರಣಚಿಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
വദനസ്മരമാങ്ഗല്യഗൃഹതോരണചില്ലികാഓം വദനസ്മരമാങ്ഗല്യഗൃഹതോരണചില്ലികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
வத³னஸ்மரமாங்க³ல்யக்³ருஹதோரணசில்லிகாஓம் வத³னஸ்மரமாங்க³ல்யக்³ருஹதோரணசில்லிகாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
વદનસ્મરમાઙ્ગલ્યગૃહતોરણચિલ્લિકાૐ વદનસ્મરમાઙ્ગલ્યગૃહતોરણચિલ્લિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
বদনস্মরমাঙ্গল্যগৃহতোরণচিল্লিকাওঁ বদনস্মরমাঙ্গল্যগৃহতোরণচিল্লিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ବଦନସ୍ମରମାଙ୍ଗଲ୍ୟଗୃହତୋରଣଚିଲ୍ଲିକାଓଁ ବଦନସ୍ମରମାଙ୍ଗଲ୍ୟଗୃହତୋରଣଚିଲ୍ଲିକାୟୈ ନମଃ