Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 314 of 1000: राकेन्दुवदनाराकेन्दु-वदना · RākenduvadanāRākendu-vadanā

Full-Moon-Faced

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Artha

What the name means

Her face carries the round unclouded brightness of the moon on the night it comes to the full.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ राकेन्दुवदनायै नमः

oṃ rākenduvadanāyai namaḥ

om rakenduvadanayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, rākenduvadanā, as part of Shloka 72. 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: rākenduvadanā
राकेन्दुवदनाrākenduvadanā

whose face is the full moon

vigraha rākendur iva vadanaṃ yasyāḥ sā rākenduvadanā

राकेन्दुrākendu

the moon at the full

vigraha rākāyā induḥ rākenduḥ

राकाrākā

the day and goddess of the full moon

इन्दुindu

moon

वदनvadana

face

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 72Names 313–320

रमा राकेन्दुवदना रतिरूपा रतिप्रिया ।

रक्षाकरी राक्षसघ्नी रामा रमणलम्पटा ॥ ७२ ॥

ramā rākenduvadanā ratirūpā ratipriyā

rakṣākarī rākṣasaghnī rāmā ramaṇalampaṭā

Study the whole shloka: Fortune, the full moon, and a goddess greedy for her lover

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
rakenduvadanaom rakenduvadanayai namah
ITRANS
rAkenduvadanAOM rAkenduvadanAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
rAkenduvadanAOM rAkenduvadanAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
రాకేన్దువదనాఓం రాకేన్దువదనాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ರಾಕೇನ್ದುವದನಾಓಂ ರಾಕೇನ್ದುವದನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
രാകേന്ദുവദനാഓം രാകേന്ദുവദനായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ராகேந்து³வத³னாஓம் ராகேந்து³வத³னாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
રાકેન્દુવદનાૐ રાકેન્દુવદનાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
রাকেন্দুবদনাওঁ রাকেন্দুবদনায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ରାକେନ୍ଦୁବଦନାଓଁ ରାକେନ୍ଦୁବଦନାୟୈ ନମଃ