Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 314 of 1000: राकेन्दुवदनाराकेन्दु-वदना · RākenduvadanāRākendu-vadanā
Full-Moon-Faced
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
whose face is the full moon
vigraha rākendur iva vadanaṃ yasyāḥ sā rākenduvadanā
the moon at the full
vigraha rākāyā induḥ rākenduḥ
the day and goddess of the full moon
moon
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