Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 325 of 1000: जगतीकन्दाजगती-कन्दा · JagatīkandāJagatī-kandā
Root Of The World
Artha
What the name means
The world grows out of her the way a plant grows out of the bulb hidden under the soil.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ जगतीकन्दायै नमः
oṃ jagatīkandāyai namaḥ
om jagatikandayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, jagatīkandā, 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
The masculine kanda takes a feminine -ā to agree with the goddess.
the bulbous root from which the world springs
vigraha jagatyāḥ kandaḥ jagatīkandā
the earth, the moving world
a bulb or tuberous root
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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
- jagatikandaom jagatikandayai namah
- ITRANS
- jagatIkandAOM jagatIkandAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- jagatIkandAOM jagatIkandAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- జగతీకన్దాఓం జగతీకన్దాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಜಗತೀಕನ್ದಾಓಂ ಜಗತೀಕನ್ದಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ജഗതീകന്ദാഓം ജഗതീകന്ദായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஜக³தீகந்தா³ஓம் ஜக³தீகந்தா³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- જગતીકન્દાૐ જગતીકન્દાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- জগতীকন্দাওঁ জগতীকন্দায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଜଗତୀକନ୍ଦାଓଁ ଜଗତୀକନ୍ଦାୟୈ ନମଃ