Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 327 of 1000: कलावती · Kalāvatī
Mistress Of The Arts
Artha
What the name means
Every skill and every fraction of the moon belongs to her, since kalā means both a craft and a sixteenth part.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कलावत्यै नमः
oṃ kalāvatyai namaḥ
om kalavatyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kalāvatī, as part of Shloka 74. 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
Possessive derivative in -vat on kalā, 'a portion, a digit of the moon, a fine art'.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 74Names 327–333
कलावती कलालापा कान्ता कादम्बरीप्रिया ।
वरदा वामनयना वारुणीमदविह्वला ॥ ७४ ॥
kalāvatī kalālāpā kāntā kādambarīpriyā
varadā vāmanayanā vāruṇīmadavihvalā
Study the whole shloka: Wine made from the flower of the previous verse
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kalavatiom kalavatyai namah
- ITRANS
- kalAvatIOM kalAvatyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kalAvatIOM kalAvatyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కలావతీఓం కలావత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಲಾವತೀಓಂ ಕಲಾವತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കലാവതീഓം കലാവത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கலாவதீஓம் கலாவத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કલાવતીૐ કલાવત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কলাবতীওঁ কলাবত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କଲାବତୀଓଁ କଲାବତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ