Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 392 of 1000: श्रीकण्ठार्धशरीरिणीश्री-कण्ठार्ध-शरीरिणी · ŚrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇīŚrī-kaṇṭhārdha-śarīriṇī
Half The Body Of Śiva
Artha
What the name means
She occupies one side of Śrīkaṇṭha's frame, so that the pair of them make a single figure.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ श्रीकण्ठार्धशरीरिण्यै नमः
oṃ śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇyai namaḥ
om shrikanthardhasharirinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇī, as part of Shloka 85. 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
śarīriṇī behaves like the -rūpiṇī names: the possessive -in is the operative element, so the compound proper is śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīra. The name can equally be taken as a bahuvrīhi, she whose body is half of Śrīkaṇṭha.
she who has half of Śrīkaṇṭha's body for her own
vigraha śrīkaṇṭhārdhaṃ śarīram asyā astīti śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇī
half of Śrīkaṇṭha
vigraha śrīkaṇṭhasyārdhaṃ śrīkaṇṭhārdham
the glorious-throated one, Śiva
vigraha śrīmān kaṇṭho yasya saḥ śrīkaṇṭhaḥ
splendour, beauty, glory
throat, neck
half
she who possesses a body
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 85Names 388–392
नित्यक्लिन्ना निरुपमा निर्वाणसुखदायिनी ।
नित्याषोडशिकारूपा श्रीकण्ठार्धशरीरिणी ॥ ८५ ॥
nityaklinnā nirupamā nirvāṇasukhadāyinī
nityāṣoḍaśikārūpā śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīriṇī
Study the whole shloka: The ever-moist Nityā, and half of Śiva's body
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shrikanthardhashaririniom shrikanthardhasharirinyai namah
- ITRANS
- shrIkaNThArdhasharIriNIOM shrIkaNThArdhasharIriNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zrIkaNThArdhazarIriNIOM zrIkaNThArdhazarIriNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శ్రీకణ్ఠార్ధశరీరిణీఓం శ్రీకణ్ఠార్ధశరీరిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಾರ್ಧಶರೀರಿಣೀಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಾರ್ಧಶರೀರಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശ്രീകണ്ഠാര്ധശരീരിണീഓം ശ്രീകണ്ഠാര്ധശരീരിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்ரீகண்டா²ர்த⁴ஶரீரிணீஓம் ஸ்ரீகண்டா²ர்த⁴ஶரீரிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શ્રીકણ્ઠાર્ધશરીરિણીૐ શ્રીકણ્ઠાર્ધશરીરિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শ্রীকণ্ঠার্ধশরীরিণীওঁ শ্রীকণ্ঠার্ধশরীরিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶ୍ରୀକଣ୍ଠାର୍ଧଶରୀରିଣୀଓଁ ଶ୍ରୀକଣ୍ଠାର୍ଧଶରୀରିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ