Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 459 of 1000: सुमुखी · Sumukhī
Of Lovely Face
Artha
What the name means
Her face is fair, and it is turned toward whoever comes near.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ सुमुख्यै नमः
oṃ sumukhyai namaḥ
om sumukhyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, sumukhī, as part of Shloka 96. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose face is beautiful
vigraha śobhanaṃ mukhaṃ yasyāḥ sā
good, well, beautiful
face, mouth
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 96Names 459–467
सुमुखी नलिनी सुभ्रूः शोभना सुरनायिका ।
कालकण्ठी कान्तिमती क्षोभिणी सूक्ष्मरूपिणी ॥ ९६ ॥
sumukhī nalinī subhrūḥ śobhanā suranāyikā
kālakaṇṭhī kāntimatī kṣobhiṇī sūkṣmarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: A face assembled name by name, and then declared too fine to see
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- sumukhiom sumukhyai namah
- ITRANS
- sumukhIOM sumukhyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- sumukhIOM sumukhyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సుముఖీఓం సుముఖ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸುಮುಖೀಓಂ ಸುಮುಖ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സുമുഖീഓം സുമുഖ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸுமுகீ²ஓம் ஸுமுக்²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સુમુખીૐ સુમુખ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সুমুখীওঁ সুমুখ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସୁମୁଖୀଓଁ ସୁମୁଖ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ