Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 42 of 1000: गूढगुल्फागूढ-गुल्फा · GūḍhagulphāGūḍha-gulphā
Whose Ankles Are Hidden
Artha
What the name means
Her ankle bones do not stand out at all, the sign of a body finished with perfect proportion.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गूढगुल्फायै नमः
oṃ gūḍhagulphāyai namaḥ
om gudhagulphayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gūḍhagulphā, as part of Shloka 18. 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
she whose ankles are concealed
vigraha gūḍhau gulphau yasyāḥ sā
covered, hidden, not apparent
ankle
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 18Names 41–43
इन्द्रगोपपरिक्षिप्तस्मरतूणाभजङ्घिका ।
गूढगुल्फा कूर्मपृष्ठजयिष्णुप्रपदान्विता ॥ १८ ॥
indragopaparikṣiptasmaratūṇābhajaṅghikā
gūḍhagulphā kūrmapṛṣṭhajayiṣṇuprapadānvitā
Study the whole shloka: Quivers strewn with rain-insects, and the arch of the foot
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gudhagulphaom gudhagulphayai namah
- ITRANS
- gUDhagulphAOM gUDhagulphAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gUDhagulphAOM gUDhagulphAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గూఢగుల్ఫాఓం గూఢగుల్ఫాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗೂಢಗುಲ್ಫಾಓಂ ಗೂಢಗುಲ್ಫಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗൂഢഗുല്ഫാഓം ഗൂഢഗുല്ഫായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கூ³ட⁴கு³ல்பா²ஓம் கூ³ட⁴கு³ல்பா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગૂઢગુલ્ફાૐ ગૂઢગુલ્ફાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গূঢগুল্ফাওঁ গূঢগুল্ফায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗୂଢଗୁଲ୍ଫାଓଁ ଗୂଢଗୁଲ୍ଫାୟୈ ନମଃ