Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 436 of 1000: कुशला · Kuśalā
Skilful
Artha
What the name means
She is deft and fitting in whatever she undertakes, and sound in herself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कुशलायै नमः
oṃ kuśalāyai namaḥ
om kushalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kuśalā, as part of Shloka 93. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 93Names 436–441
कुशला कोमलाकारा कुरुकुल्ला कुलेश्वरी ।
कुलकुण्डालया कौलमार्गतत्परसेविता ॥ ९३ ॥
kuśalā komalākārā kurukullā kuleśvarī
kulakuṇḍālayā kaulamārgatatparasevitā
Study the whole shloka: Six names on one syllable, and the hymn names its own tradition
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kushalaom kushalayai namah
- ITRANS
- kushalAOM kushalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kuzalAOM kuzalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కుశలాఓం కుశలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕುಶಲಾಓಂ ಕುಶಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കുശലാഓം കുശലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- குஶலாஓம் குஶலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કુશલાૐ કુશલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কুশলাওঁ কুশলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୁଶଲାଓଁ କୁଶଲାୟୈ ନମଃ