Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 233 of 1000: महाकामेशमहिषीमहा-कामेश-महिषी · MahākāmeśamahiṣīMahā-kāmeśa-mahiṣī
Queen Of Great Kāmeśa
Artha
What the name means
She is the consecrated queen of the lord of desire, sharing his throne rather than attending on it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाकामेशमहिष्यै नमः
oṃ mahākāmeśamahiṣyai namaḥ
om mahakameshamahishyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahākāmeśamahiṣī, as part of Shloka 57. 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 crowned consort of the great lord of desire
vigraha mahākāmeśasya mahiṣī
the great lord of desire
vigraha mahāṃś cāsau kāmeśaś ca
great
lord of desire
vigraha kāmasyeśaḥ
desire, love
lord, master
consecrated queen, chief wife of a king
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 57Names 232–234
महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिणी ।
महाकामेशमहिषी महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी ॥ ५७ ॥
maheśvaramahākalpamahātāṇḍavasākṣiṇī
mahākāmeśamahiṣī mahātripurasundarī
Study the whole shloka: Witness of the dance at the end of the world
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahakameshamahishiom mahakameshamahishyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAkAmeshamahiShIOM mahAkAmeshamahiShyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAkAmezamahiSIOM mahAkAmezamahiSyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాకామేశమహిషీఓం మహాకామేశమహిష్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಕಾಮೇಶಮಹಿಷೀಓಂ ಮಹಾಕಾಮೇಶಮಹಿಷ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാകാമേശമഹിഷീഓം മഹാകാമേശമഹിഷ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாகாமேஶமஹிஷீஓம் மஹாகாமேஶமஹிஷ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાકામેશમહિષીૐ મહાકામેશમહિષ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাকামেশমহিষীওঁ মহাকামেশমহিষ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାକାମେଶମହିଷୀଓଁ ମହାକାମେଶମହିଷ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ