Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 507 of 1000: पीतवर्णापीत-वर्णा · PītavarṇāPīta-varṇā
Yellow In Hue
Artha
What the name means
The colour proper to this śakti is yellow, the shade the dictionaries associate with butter and turmeric.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पीतवर्णायै नमः
oṃ pītavarṇāyai namaḥ
om pitavarnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pītavarṇā, 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 whose colour is yellow
vigraha pīto varṇo yasyāḥ sā
yellow
colour, hue, complexion
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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
- pitavarnaom pitavarnayai namah
- ITRANS
- pItavarNAOM pItavarNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- pItavarNAOM pItavarNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పీతవర్ణాఓం పీతవర్ణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪೀತವರ್ಣಾಓಂ ಪೀತವರ್ಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പീതവര്ണാഓം പീതവര്ണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பீதவர்ணாஓம் பீதவர்ணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પીતવર્ણાૐ પીતવર્ણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পীতবর্ণাওঁ পীতবর্ণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୀତବର୍ଣାଓଁ ପୀତବର୍ଣାୟୈ ନମଃ