Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 476 of 1000: आरक्तवर्णाआरक्त-वर्णा · ĀraktavarṇāĀrakta-varṇā
Of Ruddy Hue
Artha
What the name means
Her colour is a light red, the tint that shows through just beneath the surface.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ आरक्तवर्णायै नमः
oṃ āraktavarṇāyai namaḥ
om araktavarnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, āraktavarṇā, as part of Shloka 98. 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 colour is tinged with red
vigraha āraktaḥ varṇo yasyāḥ sā
reddish, tinged with red
colour, outward appearance
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 98Names 475–479
विशुद्धिचक्रनिलयाऽऽरक्तवर्णा त्रिलोचना ।
खट्वाङ्गादिप्रहरणा वदनैकसमन्विता ॥ ९८ ॥
viśuddhicakranilayā''raktavarṇā trilocanā
khaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇā vadanaikasamanvitā
Study the whole shloka: Ḍākinī at the throat, three-eyed and armed
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- araktavarnaom araktavarnayai namah
- ITRANS
- AraktavarNAOM AraktavarNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- AraktavarNAOM AraktavarNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఆరక్తవర్ణాఓం ఆరక్తవర్ణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಆರಕ್ತವರ್ಣಾಓಂ ಆರಕ್ತವರ್ಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ആരക്തവര്ണാഓം ആരക്തവര്ണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஆரக்தவர்ணாஓம் ஆரக்தவர்ணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- આરક્તવર્ણાૐ આરક્તવર્ણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- আরক্তবর্ণাওঁ আরক্তবর্ণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଆରକ୍ତବର୍ଣାଓଁ ଆରକ୍ତବର୍ଣାୟୈ ନମଃ