Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 486 of 1000: श्यामाभा · Śyāmābhā
Of Dark Lustre
Artha
What the name means
The light coming off her is dark, the blue-black of a cloud heavy with rain.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ श्यामाभायै नमः
oṃ śyāmābhāyai namaḥ
om shyamabhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śyāmābhā, as part of Shloka 100. 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 sheen is dark
vigraha śyāmā ābhā yasyāḥ sā
dark, black, blue-black
splendour, sheen, colour
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 100Names 485–490
अनाहताब्जनिलया श्यामाभा वदनद्वया ।
दंष्ट्रोज्ज्वलाऽक्षमालादिधरा रुधिरसंस्थिता ॥ १०० ॥
anāhatābjanilayā śyāmābhā vadanadvayā
daṃṣṭrojjvalā'kṣamālādidharā rudhirasaṃsthitā
Study the whole shloka: Rākiṇī at the heart: unstruck sound, fangs, a rosary
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shyamabhaom shyamabhayai namah
- ITRANS
- shyAmAbhAOM shyAmAbhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zyAmAbhAOM zyAmAbhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శ్యామాభాఓం శ్యామాభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶ್ಯಾಮಾಭಾಓಂ ಶ್ಯಾಮಾಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശ്യാമാഭാഓം ശ്യാമാഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶ்யாமாபா⁴ஓம் ஶ்யாமாபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શ્યામાભાૐ શ્યામાભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শ্যামাভাওঁ শ্যামাভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶ୍ୟାମାଭାଓଁ ଶ୍ୟାମାଭାୟୈ ନମଃ