Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 351 of 1000: वामकेशीवाम-केशी · VāmakeśīVāma-keśī
Lovely-Haired
Artha
What the name means
Her hair falls beautifully, dark and loose down her back.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वामकेश्यै नमः
oṃ vāmakeśyai namaḥ
om vamakeshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vāmakeśī, as part of Shloka 77. 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
whose locks are beautiful
vigraha vāmāḥ keśā yasyāḥ sā vāmakeśī
lovely, fair, pleasing
hair of the head
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 77Names 346–352
विजया विमला वन्द्या वन्दारुजनवत्सला ।
वाग्वादिनी वामकेशी वह्निमण्डलवासिनी ॥ ७७ ॥
vijayā vimalā vandyā vandārujanavatsalā
vāgvādinī vāmakeśī vahnimaṇḍalavāsinī
Study the whole shloka: Tender to whoever bows, and seated in the ring of fire
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vamakeshiom vamakeshyai namah
- ITRANS
- vAmakeshIOM vAmakeshyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vAmakezIOM vAmakezyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వామకేశీఓం వామకేశ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಾಮಕೇಶೀಓಂ ವಾಮಕೇಶ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വാമകേശീഓം വാമകേശ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வாமகேஶீஓம் வாமகேஶ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વામકેશીૐ વામકેશ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বামকেশীওঁ বামকেশ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବାମକେଶୀଓଁ ବାମକେଶ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ