Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 185 of 1000: नीलचिकुरानील-चिकुरा · NīlacikurāNīla-cikurā
Dark-Haired
Artha
What the name means
The hair of her head is a deep blue-black, falling dark across all that brightness.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नीलचिकुरायै नमः
oṃ nīlacikurāyai namaḥ
om nilachikurayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nīlacikurā, as part of Shloka 50. 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
The first member is nīla, 'dark', not the privative nis- that opens the names around it.
she whose hair is dark
vigraha nīlāḥ cikurāḥ yasyāḥ sā
dark blue, blue-black
the hair of the head
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 50Names 184–192
निस्तुला नीलचिकुरा निरपाया निरत्यया ।
दुर्लभा दुर्गमा दुर्गा दुःखहन्त्री सुखप्रदा ॥ ५० ॥
nistulā nīlacikurā nirapāyā niratyayā
durlabhā durgamā durgā duḥkhahantrī sukhapradā
Study the whole shloka: The end of the negations, and Durgā
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nilachikuraom nilachikurayai namah
- ITRANS
- nIlachikurAOM nIlachikurAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nIlacikurAOM nIlacikurAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నీలచికురాఓం నీలచికురాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನೀಲಚಿಕುರಾಓಂ ನೀಲಚಿಕುರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നീലചികുരാഓം നീലചികുരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நீலசிகுராஓம் நீலசிகுராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નીલચિકુરાૐ નીલચિકુરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নীলচিকুরাওঁ নীলচিকুরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନୀଲଚିକୁରାଓଁ ନୀଲଚିକୁରାୟୈ ନମଃ