Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 363 of 1000: तत्पदलक्ष्यार्थातत्-पद-लक्ष्यार्था · TatpadalakṣyārthāTat-pada-lakṣyārthā
What The Word 'That' Points To
Artha
What the name means
When the great sentence says 'that', she is what the word reaches for without naming it directly.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तत्पदलक्ष्यार्थायै नमः
oṃ tatpadalakṣyārthāyai namaḥ
om tatpadalakshyarthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tatpadalakṣyārthā, as part of Shloka 80. 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 artha takes a feminine -ā to agree with the goddess.
the indicated meaning of the word tat
vigraha tatpadasya lakṣyo 'rthaḥ tatpadalakṣyārthā
the word 'that'
vigraha tad iti padaṃ tatpadam
that
a word, a term
the implied sense
vigraha lakṣyo 'rthaḥ lakṣyārthaḥ
to be indicated indirectly, aimed at
meaning, sense, object
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 80Names 362–365
चितिस्तत्पदलक्ष्यार्था चिदेकरसरूपिणी ।
स्वात्मानन्दलवीभूतब्रह्माद्यानन्दसन्ततिः ॥ ८० ॥
citistatpadalakṣyārthā cidekarasarūpiṇī
svātmānandalavībhūtabrahmādyānandasantatiḥ
Study the whole shloka: Consciousness, and what the word 'that' was pointing at
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- tatpadalakshyarthaom tatpadalakshyarthayai namah
- ITRANS
- tatpadalakShyArthAOM tatpadalakShyArthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- tatpadalakSyArthAOM tatpadalakSyArthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తత్పదలక్ష్యార్థాఓం తత్పదలక్ష్యార్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತತ್ಪದಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಾರ್ಥಾಓಂ ತತ್ಪದಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಾರ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തത്പദലക്ഷ്യാര്ഥാഓം തത്പദലക്ഷ്യാര്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தத்பத³லக்ஷ்யார்தா²ஓம் தத்பத³லக்ஷ்யார்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તત્પદલક્ષ્યાર્થાૐ તત્પદલક્ષ્યાર્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তৎপদলক্ষ্যার্থাওঁ তৎপদলক্ষ্যার্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତତ୍ପଦଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟାର୍ଥାଓଁ ତତ୍ପଦଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟାର୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ