Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 17 of 1000: वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिकावदन-स्मर-माङ्गल्य-गृह-तोरण-चिल्लिका · VadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇacillikāVadana-smara-māṅgalya-gṛha-toraṇa-cillikā
Whose Brows Are Love's Archway
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
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.
she whose eyebrows are the festooned arch of Love's bridal house
vigraha vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhatoraṇe iva cillike yasyāḥ sā
the festooned gateway of the auspicious house of Love that is her face
vigraha vadanasmaramāṅgalyagṛhasya toraṇam
her face, which is Love's own festive house
vigraha vadanam eva smarasya māṅgalyaṃ gṛham
face, countenance
the auspicious house of the god of love
vigraha smarasya māṅgalyaṃ gṛham
Kāma, the god of love; remembrance
auspicious, festive, bringing good fortune
house, dwelling
arched gateway hung with festoons
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