Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 481 of 1000: त्वक्स्था · Tvaksthā
Abiding In The Skin
Artha
What the name means
Of the bodily constituents she governs the skin, the outermost of the seven.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ त्वक्स्थायै नमः
oṃ tvaksthāyai namaḥ
om tvaksthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tvaksthā, as part of Shloka 99. 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 who is stationed in the skin
vigraha tvaci sthitā
skin, hide
standing, abiding in
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 99Names 480–484
पायसान्नप्रिया त्वक्स्था पशुलोकभयङ्करी ।
अमृतादिमहाशक्तिसंवृता डाकिनीश्वरी ॥ ९९ ॥
pāyasānnapriyā tvaksthā paśulokabhayaṅkarī
amṛtādimahāśaktisaṃvṛtā ḍākinīśvarī
Study the whole shloka: Milk-rice, the skin, and terror to the bound
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- tvaksthaom tvaksthayai namah
- ITRANS
- tvaksthAOM tvaksthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- tvaksthAOM tvaksthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- త్వక్స్థాఓం త్వక్స్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತ್ವಕ್ಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ತ್ವಕ್ಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ത്വക്സ്ഥാഓം ത്വക്സ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த்வக்ஸ்தா²ஓம் த்வக்ஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ત્વક્સ્થાૐ ત્વક્સ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ত্বক্স্থাওঁ ত্বক্স্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତ୍ୱକ୍ସ୍ଥାଓଁ ତ୍ୱକ୍ସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ