Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 437 of 1000: कोमलाकारा · Komalākārā
Of Tender Form
Artha
What the name means
There is no hard line anywhere in her shape; the whole of it is soft.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कोमलाकारायै नमः
oṃ komalākārāyai namaḥ
om komalakarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, komalākārā, 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
she whose form is soft
vigraha komala ākāro yasyāḥ sā
soft, tender, pleasing
form, figure
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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
- komalakaraom komalakarayai namah
- ITRANS
- komalAkArAOM komalAkArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- komalAkArAOM komalAkArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కోమలాకారాఓం కోమలాకారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕೋಮಲಾಕಾರಾಓಂ ಕೋಮಲಾಕಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കോമലാകാരാഓം കോമലാകാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கோமலாகாராஓம் கோமலாகாராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કોમલાકારાૐ કોમલાકારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কোমলাকারাওঁ কোমলাকারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୋମଲାକାରାଓଁ କୋମଲାକାରାୟୈ ନମଃ