Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 547 of 1000: बर्बरालका · Barbarālakā
Of Curling Locks
Artha
What the name means
Her hair falls in tight waves, the adjective barbara being used of what is curly rather than straight.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ बर्बरालकायै नमः
oṃ barbarālakāyai namaḥ
om barbaralakayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, barbarālakā, as part of Shloka 111. 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 curls are wavy
vigraha barbarā alakā yasyāḥ sā
curly, crisped
a curl, a lock of hair
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 111Names 542–547
पुण्यकीर्तिः पुण्यलभ्या पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तना ।
पुलोमजार्चिता बन्धमोचनी बन्धुरालका ॥ १११ ॥
puṇyakīrtiḥ puṇyalabhyā puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanā
pulomajārcitā bandhamocanī bandhurālakā
Study the whole shloka: Merit, the queen of heaven's worship, and the untying of bonds
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- barbaralakaom barbaralakayai namah
- ITRANS
- barbarAlakAOM barbarAlakAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- barbarAlakAOM barbarAlakAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బర్బరాలకాఓం బర్బరాలకాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬರ್ಬರಾಲಕಾಓಂ ಬರ್ಬರಾಲಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബര്ബരാലകാഓം ബര്ബരാലകായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப³ர்ப³ராலகாஓம் ப³ர்ப³ராலகாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બર્બરાલકાૐ બર્બરાલકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বর্বরালকাওঁ বর্বরালকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବର୍ବରାଲକାଓଁ ବର୍ବରାଲକାୟୈ ନମଃ