Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 449 of 1000: कान्तिः · Kāntiḥ
Radiance
Artha
What the name means
She is loveliness itself, the brightness that draws and holds the eye.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कान्त्यै नमः
oṃ kāntyai namaḥ
om kantyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāntiḥ, as part of Shloka 94. 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.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 94Names 442–451
कुमारगणनाथाम्बा तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मतिर्धृतिः ।
शान्तिः स्वस्तिमती कान्तिर्नन्दिनी विघ्ननाशिनी ॥ ९४ ॥
kumāragaṇanāthāmbā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmatirdhṛtiḥ
śāntiḥ svastimatī kāntirnandinī vighnanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Mother of two sons, and then nine words for what people want
Chanted with it
- 442कुमारगणनाथाम्बाkumāragaṇanāthāmbāMother Of Kumāra And Gaṇanātha
- 443तुष्टिःtuṣṭiḥContentment
- 444पुष्टिःpuṣṭiḥNourishment
- 445मतिःmatiḥUnderstanding
- 446धृतिःdhṛtiḥSteadfastness
- 447शान्तिःśāntiḥPeace
- 448स्वस्तिमतीsvastimatīPossessed Of Wellbeing
- 450नन्दिनीnandinīThe Delighter
- 451विघ्ननाशिनीvighnanāśinīDestroyer Of Obstacles
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kantihom kantyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAntiHOM kAntyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAntiHOM kAntyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కాన్తిఃఓం కాన్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾನ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಕಾನ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാന്തിഃഓം കാന്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காந்திஃஓம் காந்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કાન્તિઃૐ કાન્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কান্তিঃওঁ কান্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାନ୍ତିଃଓଁ କାନ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ