Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 403 of 1000: महाकामेशनयनकुमुदाह्लादकौमुदीमहा-कामेश-नयन-कुमुदाह्लाद-कौमुदी · MahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudīMahā-kāmeśa-nayana-kumudāhlāda-kaumudī

Moonlight Gladdening Mahākāmeśa's Lotus Eyes

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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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularī-stemstem: mahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudī
महाकामेशनयनकुमुदाह्लादकौमुदीmahākāmeśanayanakumudāhlādakaumudī

the moonlight that gladdens the night-lotuses that are Mahākāmeśa's eyes

vigraha mahākāmeśasya nayanakumudānām āhlādakarī kaumudī

महाकामेशनयनकुमुदmahākāmeśanayanakumuda

Night-Lotuses That Are Mahākāmeśa's Eyes

vigraha mahākāmeśasya nayanāny eva kumudāni

महाकामेशmahākāmeśa

The Great Lord Of Desire

vigraha mahāṃś cāsau kāmeśaś ca

महाmahā

great

कामेशkāmeśa

Lord Of Desire

vigraha kāmasya īśaḥ

कामkāma

desire, love

ईशīśa

lord, one who is master

नयनnayana

eye

कुमुदkumuda

the white night-lotus, which opens to the moon

आह्लादकौमुदीāhlādakaumudī

Gladdening Moonlight

vigraha āhlādasya kaumudī

आह्लादāhlāda

refreshment, gladdening

कौमुदीkaumudī

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
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മലയാളംMalayalam
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தமிழ்Tamil
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ગુજરાતીGujarati
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বাংলাBengali
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ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
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