Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 243 of 1000: चारुचन्द्रकलाधराचारु-चन्द्र-कला-धरा · CārucandrakalādharāCāru-candra-kalā-dharā
Wearing The Lovely Crescent
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
she who bears the beautiful digit of the moon
vigraha cārvīṃ candrakalāṃ dharatīti
the lovely crescent moon
vigraha cārvī cāsau candrakalā ca
lovely, beautiful
a digit of the moon
vigraha candrasya kalā
moon
a sixteenth part, a digit of the moon
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