Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 439 of 1000: कुलेश्वरी · Kuleśvarī
Mistress Of The Kula
Artha
What the name means
The Kaula lineage, with everything it hands down, stands under her rule.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कुलेश्वर्यै नमः
oṃ kuleśvaryai namaḥ
om kuleshvaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kuleśvarī, 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
the sovereign of the kula
vigraha kulasya īśvarī
family, lineage; the body of Kaula practice
mistress, sovereign lady
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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
- kuleshvariom kuleshvaryai namah
- ITRANS
- kuleshvarIOM kuleshvaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kulezvarIOM kulezvaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కులేశ్వరీఓం కులేశ్వర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕುಲೇಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ಕುಲೇಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കുലേശ്വരീഓം കുലേശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- குலேஶ்வரீஓம் குலேஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કુલેશ્વરીૐ કુલેશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কুলেশ্বরীওঁ কুলেশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୁଲେଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ କୁଲେଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ