Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 523 of 1000: षडानना · Ṣaḍānanā
Six-Faced
Artha
What the name means
Six faces turn outward from her at this station, one for each direction of space.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ षडाननायै नमः
oṃ ṣaḍānanāyai namaḥ
om shadananayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ṣaḍānanā, as part of Shloka 107. 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 six faces
vigraha ṣaḍ ānanāni yasyāḥ sā
six
mouth, face
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 107Names 519–523
मुद्गौदनासक्तचित्ता साकिन्यम्बास्वरूपिणी ।
आज्ञाचक्राब्जनिलया शुक्लवर्णा षडानना ॥ १०७ ॥
mudgaudanāsaktacittā sākinyambāsvarūpiṇī
ājñācakrābjanilayā śuklavarṇā ṣaḍānanā
Study the whole shloka: From the base of the spine to the brow in half a verse
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shadananaom shadananayai namah
- ITRANS
- ShaDAnanAOM ShaDAnanAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- SaDAnanAOM SaDAnanAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- షడాననాఓం షడాననాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಷಡಾನನಾಓಂ ಷಡಾನನಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഷഡാനനാഓം ഷഡാനനായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஷடா³னனாஓம் ஷடா³னனாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ષડાનનાૐ ષડાનનાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ষডাননাওঁ ষডাননায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଷଡାନନାଓଁ ଷଡାନନାୟୈ ନମଃ