Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 505 of 1000: चतुर्वक्त्रमनोहराचतुर्-वक्त्र-मनो-हरा · CaturvaktramanoharāCatur-vaktra-mano-harā

Captivating With Four Faces

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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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: caturvaktramanoharā
चतुर्वक्त्रमनोहराcaturvaktramanoharā

she who steals the heart by her four faces

vigraha caturvaktreṇa manoharā

चतुर्वक्त्रcaturvaktradvigu

Four Faces

vigraha catvāri vaktrāṇi

चतुर्catur

four

वक्त्रvaktra

mouth, face

मनोहरmanohara

Heart-Stealing

vigraha mano haratīti

मनस्manas

mind, heart

हरhara

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