Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 243 of 1000: चारुचन्द्रकलाधराचारु-चन्द्र-कला-धरा · CārucandrakalādharāCāru-candra-kalā-dharā

Wearing The Lovely Crescent

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Artha

What the name means

Like Śiva she carries a sliver of moon, and on her it is an ornament rather than a mark of austerity.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ चारुचन्द्रकलाधरायै नमः

oṃ cārucandrakalādharāyai namaḥ

om charuchandrakaladharayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, cārucandrakalādharā, as part of Shloka 59. 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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: cārucandrakalādharā
चारुचन्द्रकलाधराcārucandrakalādharā

she who bears the beautiful digit of the moon

vigraha cārvīṃ candrakalāṃ dharatīti

चारुचन्द्रकलाcārucandrakalā

the lovely crescent moon

vigraha cārvī cāsau candrakalā ca

चारुcāru

lovely, beautiful

चन्द्रकलाcandrakalā

a digit of the moon

vigraha candrasya kalā

चन्द्रcandra

moon

कलाkalā

a sixteenth part, a digit of the moon

धराdharā

bearing, holding, wearing

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 59Names 238–243

मनुविद्या चन्द्रविद्या चन्द्रमण्डलमध्यगा ।

चारुरूपा चारुहासा चारुचन्द्रकलाधरा ॥ ५९ ॥

manuvidyā candravidyā candramaṇḍalamadhyagā

cārurūpā cāruhāsā cārucandrakalādharā

Study the whole shloka: Manu's vidyā, and the moon's

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
charuchandrakaladharaom charuchandrakaladharayai namah
ITRANS
chAruchandrakalAdharAOM chAruchandrakalAdharAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
cArucandrakalAdharAOM cArucandrakalAdharAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
చారుచన్ద్రకలాధరాఓం చారుచన్ద్రకలాధరాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಚಾರುಚನ್ದ್ರಕಲಾಧರಾಓಂ ಚಾರುಚನ್ದ್ರಕಲಾಧರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ചാരുചന്ദ്രകലാധരാഓം ചാരുചന്ദ്രകലാധരായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
சாருசந்த்³ரகலாத⁴ராஓம் சாருசந்த்³ரகலாத⁴ராயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
ચારુચન્દ્રકલાધરાૐ ચારુચન્દ્રકલાધરાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
চারুচন্দ্রকলাধরাওঁ চারুচন্দ্রকলাধরায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଚାରୁଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକଲାଧରାଓଁ ଚାରୁଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକଲାଧରାୟୈ ନମଃ