Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 555 of 1000: कलिकल्मषनाशिनीकलि-कल्मष-नाशिनी · KalikalmaṣanāśinīKali-kalmaṣa-nāśinī
Destroyer Of The Stain Of This Dark Age
Artha
What the name means
The moral grime that gathers in the Kali era is rubbed away by her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कलिकल्मषनाशिन्यै नमः
oṃ kalikalmaṣanāśinyai namaḥ
om kalikalmashanashinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kalikalmaṣanāśinī, as part of Shloka 113. 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 destroys the impurity of the Kali age
vigraha kalikalmaṣaṃ nāśayatīti
The Stain Of The Kali Age
vigraha kaleḥ kalmaṣam
the last and worst of the four world ages
stain, dirt, moral defilement, sin
she who destroys or removes
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 113Names 553–558
अग्रगण्याऽचिन्त्यरूपा कलिकल्मषनाशिनी ।
कात्यायनी कालहन्त्री कमलाक्षनिषेविता ॥ ११३ ॥
agragaṇyā'cintyarūpā kalikalmaṣanāśinī
kātyāyanī kālahantrī kamalākṣaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: First in the reckoning, unthinkable in form, and the slayer of Time
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kalikalmashanashiniom kalikalmashanashinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kalikalmaShanAshinIOM kalikalmaShanAshinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kalikalmaSanAzinIOM kalikalmaSanAzinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కలికల్మషనాశినీఓం కలికల్మషనాశిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಲಿಕಲ್ಮಷನಾಶಿನೀಓಂ ಕಲಿಕಲ್ಮಷನಾಶಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കലികല്മഷനാശിനീഓം കലികല്മഷനാശിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கலிகல்மஷநாஶினீஓம் கலிகல்மஷநாஶின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કલિકલ્મષનાશિનીૐ કલિકલ્મષનાશિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কলিকল্মষনাশিনীওঁ কলিকল্মষনাশিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କଲିକଲ୍ମଷନାଶିନୀଓଁ କଲିକଲ୍ମଷନାଶିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ