Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 487 of 1000: वदनद्वयावदन-द्वया · VadanadvayāVadana-dvayā
Two-Faced
Artha
What the name means
Rākiṇī of the heart wheel looks out through a pair of faces.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वदनद्वयायै नमः
oṃ vadanadvayāyai namaḥ
om vadanadvayayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vadanadvayā, 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 who has a pair of faces
vigraha vadanadvayaṃ yasyāḥ sā
face, countenance
a pair, a twofold set
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- vadanadvayaom vadanadvayayai namah
- ITRANS
- vadanadvayAOM vadanadvayAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vadanadvayAOM vadanadvayAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వదనద్వయాఓం వదనద్వయాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವದನದ್ವಯಾಓಂ ವದನದ್ವಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വദനദ്വയാഓം വദനദ്വയായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வத³னத்³வயாஓம் வத³னத்³வயாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વદનદ્વયાૐ વદનદ્વયાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বদনদ্বয়াওঁ বদনদ্বয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବଦନଦ୍ୱଯାଓଁ ବଦନଦ୍ୱଯାୟୈ ନମଃ