Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 505 of 1000: चतुर्वक्त्रमनोहराचतुर्-वक्त्र-मनो-हरा · CaturvaktramanoharāCatur-vaktra-mano-harā
Captivating With Four Faces
Artha
What the name means
Kākinī looks out in four directions at once, and every one of those countenances carries away the beholder's heart.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चतुर्वक्त्रमनोहरायै नमः
oṃ caturvaktramanoharāyai namaḥ
om chaturvaktramanoharayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, caturvaktramanoharā, as part of Shloka 104. 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 steals the heart by her four faces
vigraha caturvaktreṇa manoharā
Four Faces
vigraha catvāri vaktrāṇi
four
mouth, face
Heart-Stealing
vigraha mano haratīti
mind, heart
carrying off, seizing
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 104Names 504–508
स्वाधिष्ठानाम्बुजगता चतुर्वक्त्रमनोहरा ।
शूलाद्यायुधसम्पन्ना पीतवर्णाऽतिगर्विता ॥ १०४ ॥
svādhiṣṭhānāmbujagatā caturvaktramanoharā
śūlādyāyudhasampannā pītavarṇā'tigarvitā
Study the whole shloka: Four faces, a trident, and a pride that is not a fault
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chaturvaktramanoharaom chaturvaktramanoharayai namah
- ITRANS
- chaturvaktramanoharAOM chaturvaktramanoharAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- caturvaktramanoharAOM caturvaktramanoharAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చతుర్వక్త్రమనోహరాఓం చతుర్వక్త్రమనోహరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚತುರ್ವಕ್ತ್ರಮನೋಹರಾಓಂ ಚತುರ್ವಕ್ತ್ರಮನೋಹರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചതുര്വക്ത്രമനോഹരാഓം ചതുര്വക്ത്രമനോഹരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சதுர்வக்த்ரமனோஹராஓம் சதுர்வக்த்ரமனோஹராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચતુર્વક્ત્રમનોહરાૐ ચતુર્વક્ત્રમનોહરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চতুর্বক্ত্রমনোহরাওঁ চতুর্বক্ত্রমনোহরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚତୁର୍ବକ୍ତ୍ରମନୋହରାଓଁ ଚତୁର୍ବକ୍ତ୍ରମନୋହରାୟୈ ନମଃ