Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 499 of 1000: रक्तवर्णारक्त-वर्णा · RaktavarṇāRakta-varṇā
Red In Colour
Artha
What the name means
The colour of Lākinī is plain red, unmixed with any other shade.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रक्तवर्णायै नमः
oṃ raktavarṇāyai namaḥ
om raktavarnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, raktavarṇā, as part of Shloka 103. 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 red
vigraha raktaḥ varṇo yasyāḥ sā
red, reddened
colour, outward appearance
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 103Names 499–503
रक्तवर्णा मांसनिष्ठा गुडान्नप्रीतमानसा ।
समस्तभक्तसुखदा लाकिन्यम्बास्वरूपिणी ॥ १०३ ॥
raktavarṇā māṃsaniṣṭhā guḍānnaprītamānasā
samastabhaktasukhadā lākinyambāsvarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Red, fixed in the flesh, and pleased by jaggery-rice
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- raktavarnaom raktavarnayai namah
- ITRANS
- raktavarNAOM raktavarNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- raktavarNAOM raktavarNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రక్తవర్ణాఓం రక్తవర్ణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಕ್ತವರ್ಣಾಓಂ ರಕ್ತವರ್ಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രക്തവര്ണാഓം രക്തവര്ണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரக்தவர்ணாஓம் ரக்தவர்ணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રક્તવર્ણાૐ રક્તવર્ણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রক্তবর্ণাওঁ রক্তবর্ণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରକ୍ତବର୍ଣାଓଁ ରକ୍ତବର୍ଣାୟୈ ନମଃ