Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 560 of 1000: दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभादाडिमी-कुसुम-प्रभा · DāḍimīkusumaprabhāDāḍimī-kusuma-prabhā
Bright As Pomegranate Blossom
Artha
What the name means
Her glow is the deep red of the pomegranate flower rather than any pallid light.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभायै नमः
oṃ dāḍimīkusumaprabhāyai namaḥ
om dadimikusumaprabhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dāḍimīkusumaprabhā, as part of Shloka 114. 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 lustre is that of the pomegranate flower
vigraha dāḍimīkusumasya prabhā iva prabhā yasyāḥ sā
Pomegranate Flower
vigraha dāḍimyāḥ kusumam
the pomegranate tree
a flower, blossom
light, splendour, radiance
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 114Names 559–565
ताम्बूलपूरितमुखी दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभा ।
मृगाक्षी मोहिनी मुख्या मृडानी मित्ररूपिणी ॥ ११४ ॥
tāmbūlapūritamukhī dāḍimīkusumaprabhā
mṛgākṣī mohinī mukhyā mṛḍānī mitrarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Betel, pomegranate red, and five names on a single syllable
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dadimikusumaprabhaom dadimikusumaprabhayai namah
- ITRANS
- dADimIkusumaprabhAOM dADimIkusumaprabhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dADimIkusumaprabhAOM dADimIkusumaprabhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దాడిమీకుసుమప్రభాఓం దాడిమీకుసుమప్రభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದಾಡಿಮೀಕುಸುಮಪ್ರಭಾಓಂ ದಾಡಿಮೀಕುಸುಮಪ್ರಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദാഡിമീകുസുമപ്രഭാഓം ദാഡിമീകുസുമപ്രഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தா³டி³மீகுஸுமப்ரபா⁴ஓம் தா³டி³மீகுஸுமப்ரபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દાડિમીકુસુમપ્રભાૐ દાડિમીકુસુમપ્રભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দাডিমীকুসুমপ্রভাওঁ দাডিমীকুসুমপ্রভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦାଡିମୀକୁସୁମପ୍ରଭାଓଁ ଦାଡିମୀକୁସୁମପ୍ରଭାୟୈ ନମଃ