Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 464 of 1000: कालकण्ठीकाल-कण्ठी · KālakaṇṭhīKāla-kaṇṭhī
Dark-Throated
Artha
What the name means
Her throat is dark as her husband's, marked by the poison he held there for the world's sake.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कालकण्ठ्यै नमः
oṃ kālakaṇṭhyai namaḥ
om kalakanthyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kālakaṇṭhī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose throat is black
vigraha kālaḥ kaṇṭho yasyāḥ sā
black, dark-coloured
throat, neck
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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
- kalakanthiom kalakanthyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAlakaNThIOM kAlakaNThyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAlakaNThIOM kAlakaNThyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కాలకణ్ఠీఓం కాలకణ్ఠ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಲಕಣ್ಠೀಓಂ ಕಾಲಕಣ್ಠ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാലകണ്ഠീഓം കാലകണ്ഠ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காலகண்டீ²ஓம் காலகண்ட்²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કાલકણ્ઠીૐ કાલકણ્ઠ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কালকণ্ঠীওঁ কালকণ্ঠ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାଲକଣ୍ଠୀଓଁ କାଲକଣ୍ଠ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ