Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 560 of 1000: दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभादाडिमी-कुसुम-प्रभा · DāḍimīkusumaprabhāDāḍimī-kusuma-prabhā

Bright As Pomegranate Blossom

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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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: dāḍimīkusumaprabhā
दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभाdāḍimīkusumaprabhā

she whose lustre is that of the pomegranate flower

vigraha dāḍimīkusumasya prabhā iva prabhā yasyāḥ sā

दाडिमीकुसुमdāḍimīkusuma

Pomegranate Flower

vigraha dāḍimyāḥ kusumam

दाडिमीdāḍimī

the pomegranate tree

कुसुमkusuma

a flower, blossom

प्रभाprabhā

light, splendour, radiance

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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