Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 440 of 1000: कुलकुण्डालयाकुल-कुण्डालया · KulakuṇḍālayāKula-kuṇḍālayā
Dwelling In The Kula Hollow
Artha
What the name means
Her home is the pit at the root of the body where the coiled power lies asleep.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कुलकुण्डालयायै नमः
oṃ kulakuṇḍālayāyai namaḥ
om kulakundalayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kulakuṇḍālayā, 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 abode is the kula pit
vigraha kulakuṇḍam ālayo yasyāḥ sā
The Kula Pit
vigraha kulasya kuṇḍam
the kula seat at the base of the spine
a round hollow or pit, a fire-pit
dwelling, abode
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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
- kulakundalayaom kulakundalayayai namah
- ITRANS
- kulakuNDAlayAOM kulakuNDAlayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kulakuNDAlayAOM kulakuNDAlayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కులకుణ్డాలయాఓం కులకుణ్డాలయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕುಲಕುಣ್ಡಾಲಯಾಓಂ ಕುಲಕುಣ್ಡಾಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കുലകുണ്ഡാലയാഓം കുലകുണ്ഡാലയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- குலகுண்டா³லயாஓம் குலகுண்டா³லயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કુલકુણ્ડાલયાૐ કુલકુણ્ડાલયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কুলকুণ্ডালয়াওঁ কুলকুণ্ডালয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୁଲକୁଣ୍ଡାଲୟାଓଁ କୁଲକୁଣ୍ଡାଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ