Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 282 of 1000: सहस्रशीर्षवदनासहस्र-शीर्ष-वदना · SahasraśīrṣavadanāSahasra-śīrṣa-vadanā
Thousand-Headed And Thousand-Faced
Artha
What the name means
Like the cosmic person of the Vedic hymn she looks out of a thousand heads at once.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सहस्रशीर्षवदनायै नमः
oṃ sahasraśīrṣavadanāyai namaḥ
om sahasrashirshavadanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sahasraśīrṣavadanā, as part of Shloka 66. 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 has a thousand heads and faces
vigraha sahasraṃ śīrṣāṇi vadanāni ca yasyāḥ sā
a thousand
heads and faces
vigraha śīrṣāṇi ca vadanāni ca
head
mouth, face
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 66Names 281–284
उन्मेषनिमिषोत्पन्नविपन्नभुवनावली ।
सहस्रशीर्षवदना सहस्राक्षी सहस्रपात् ॥ ६६ ॥
unmeṣanimiṣotpannavipannabhuvanāvalī
sahasraśīrṣavadanā sahasrākṣī sahasrapāt
Study the whole shloka: Rows of worlds, made and unmade in a blink
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sahasrashirshavadanaom sahasrashirshavadanayai namah
- ITRANS
- sahasrashIrShavadanAOM sahasrashIrShavadanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sahasrazIrSavadanAOM sahasrazIrSavadanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సహస్రశీర్షవదనాఓం సహస్రశీర్షవదనాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸಹಸ್ರಶೀರ್ಷವದನಾಓಂ ಸಹಸ್ರಶೀರ್ಷವದನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സഹസ്രശീര്ഷവദനാഓം സഹസ്രശീര്ഷവദനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸஹஸ்ரஶீர்ஷவத³னாஓம் ஸஹஸ்ரஶீர்ஷவத³னாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સહસ્રશીર્ષવદનાૐ સહસ્રશીર્ષવદનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সহস্রশীর্ষবদনাওঁ সহস্রশীর্ষবদনায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସହସ୍ରଶୀର୍ଷବଦନାଓଁ ସହସ୍ରଶୀର୍ଷବଦନାୟୈ ନମଃ