Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 401 of 1000: विविधाकारा · Vividhākārā
Of Manifold Forms
Artha
What the name means
She takes shape in ways beyond counting, so that no single figure can be called hers alone.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विविधाकारायै नमः
oṃ vividhākārāyai namaḥ
om vividhakarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vividhākārā, as part of Shloka 87. 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
she whose forms are of many kinds
vigraha vividhā ākārā yasyāḥ sā
of many sorts, manifold
form, shape, outward figure
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 87Names 400–403
व्यापिनी विविधाकारा विद्याविद्या-स्वरूपिणी ।
महाकामेशनयनकुमुदाह्लादकौमुदी ॥ ८७ ॥
vyāpinī vividhākārā vidyāvidyā-svarūpiṇī
mahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudī
Study the whole shloka: Knowledge and ignorance, and the moonlight in Kāmeśa's eyes
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vividhakaraom vividhakarayai namah
- ITRANS
- vividhAkArAOM vividhAkArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vividhAkArAOM vividhAkArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వివిధాకారాఓం వివిధాకారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿವಿಧಾಕಾರಾಓಂ ವಿವಿಧಾಕಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിവിധാകാരാഓം വിവിധാകാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விவிதா⁴காராஓம் விவிதா⁴காராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિવિધાકારાૐ વિવિધાકારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিবিধাকারাওঁ বিবিধাকারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିବିଧାକାରାଓଁ ବିବିଧାକାରାୟୈ ନମଃ