Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 321 of 1000: काम्या · Kāmyā
The Desirable One
Artha
What the name means
She is what everything else is wanted for, the object every desire is really aiming at.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ काम्यायै नमः
oṃ kāmyāyai namaḥ
om kamyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmyā, as part of Shloka 73. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 73Names 321–326
काम्या कामकलारूपा कदम्बकुसुमप्रिया ।
कल्याणी जगतीकन्दा करुणारससागरा ॥ ७३ ॥
kāmyā kāmakalārūpā kadambakusumapriyā
kalyāṇī jagatīkandā karuṇārasasāgarā
Study the whole shloka: Desire drawn as a diagram, and a bulb under the soil
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kamyaom kamyayai namah
- ITRANS
- kAmyAOM kAmyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmyAOM kAmyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామ్యాఓం కామ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮ್ಯಾಓಂ ಕಾಮ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമ്യാഓം കാമ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காம்யாஓம் காம்யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામ્યાૐ કામ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কাম্যাওঁ কাম্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମ୍ୟାଓଁ କାମ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ