Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 403 of 1000: महाकामेशनयनकुमुदाह्लादकौमुदीमहा-कामेश-नयन-कुमुदाह्लाद-कौमुदी · MahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudīMahā-kāmeśa-nayana-kumudāhlāda-kaumudī
Moonlight Gladdening Mahākāmeśa's Lotus Eyes
Artha
What the name means
She falls upon the eyes of the great lord of desire as moonlight falls on night-lotuses, opening them in delight.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाकामेशनयनकुमुदाह्लादकौमुद्यै नमः
oṃ mahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudyai namaḥ
om mahakameshanayanakumudahladakaumudyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the moonlight that gladdens the night-lotuses that are Mahākāmeśa's eyes
vigraha mahākāmeśasya nayanakumudānām āhlādakarī kaumudī
Night-Lotuses That Are Mahākāmeśa's Eyes
vigraha mahākāmeśasya nayanāny eva kumudāni
The Great Lord Of Desire
vigraha mahāṃś cāsau kāmeśaś ca
great
Lord Of Desire
vigraha kāmasya īśaḥ
desire, love
lord, one who is master
eye
the white night-lotus, which opens to the moon
Gladdening Moonlight
vigraha āhlādasya kaumudī
refreshment, gladdening
moonlight
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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
- mahakameshanayanakumudahladakaumudiom mahakameshanayanakumudahladakaumudyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAkAmeshanayanakumudAhlAdakaumudIOM mahAkAmeshanayanakumudAhlAdakaumudyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAkAmezanayanakumudAhlAdakaumudIOM mahAkAmezanayanakumudAhlAdakaumudyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాకామేశనయనకుముదాహ్లాదకౌముదీఓం మహాకామేశనయనకుముదాహ్లాదకౌముద్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಕಾಮೇಶನಯನಕುಮುದಾಹ್ಲಾದಕೌಮುದೀಓಂ ಮಹಾಕಾಮೇಶನಯನಕುಮುದಾಹ್ಲಾದಕೌಮುದ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാകാമേശനയനകുമുദാഹ്ലാദകൌമുദീഓം മഹാകാമേശനയനകുമുദാഹ്ലാദകൌമുദ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாகாமேஶநயனகுமுதா³ஹ்லாத³கௌமுதீ³ஓம் மஹாகாமேஶநயனகுமுதா³ஹ்லாத³கௌமுத்³யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાકામેશનયનકુમુદાહ્લાદકૌમુદીૐ મહાકામેશનયનકુમુદાહ્લાદકૌમુદ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাকামেশনয়নকুমুদাহ্লাদকৌমুদীওঁ মহাকামেশনয়নকুমুদাহ্লাদকৌমুদ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାକାମେଶନୟନକୁମୁଦାହ୍ଲାଦକୌମୁଦୀଓଁ ମହାକାମେଶନୟନକୁମୁଦାହ୍ଲାଦକୌମୁଦ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ