Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 515 of 1000: पञ्चवक्त्रापञ्च-वक्त्रा · PañcavaktrāPañca-vaktrā
Five-Faced
Artha
What the name means
Sākinī shows five countenances, matching the five elements her station is said to gather.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पञ्चवक्त्रायै नमः
oṃ pañcavaktrāyai namaḥ
om panchavaktrayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pañcavaktrā, as part of Shloka 106. 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 five faces
vigraha pañca vaktrāṇi yasyāḥ sā
five
mouth, face
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 106Names 514–518
मूलाधाराम्बुजारूढा पञ्चवक्त्राऽस्थिसंस्थिता ।
अङ्कुशादिप्रहरणा वरदादिनिषेविता ॥ १०६ ॥
mūlādhārāmbujārūḍhā pañcavaktrā'sthisaṃsthitā
aṅkuśādipraharaṇā varadādiniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: The bottom of the descent: five faces at the root wheel
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- panchavaktraom panchavaktrayai namah
- ITRANS
- pa~nchavaktrAOM pa~nchavaktrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- paJcavaktrAOM paJcavaktrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పఞ్చవక్త్రాఓం పఞ్చవక్త్రాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪಞ್ಚವಕ್ತ್ರಾಓಂ ಪಞ್ಚವಕ್ತ್ರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പഞ്ചവക്ത്രാഓം പഞ്ചവക്ത്രായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பஞ்சவக்த்ராஓம் பஞ்சவக்த்ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પઞ્ચવક્ત્રાૐ પઞ્ચવક્ત્રાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পঞ্চবক্ত্রাওঁ পঞ্চবক্ত্রায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପଞ୍ଚବକ୍ତ୍ରାଓଁ ପଞ୍ଚବକ୍ତ୍ରାୟୈ ନମଃ