Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 561 of 1000: मृगाक्षी · Mṛgākṣī
Doe-Eyed
Artha
What the name means
Her glance has the wide startled softness that poets find in a deer.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मृगाक्ष्यै नमः
oṃ mṛgākṣyai namaḥ
om mrigakshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mṛgākṣī, 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 eyes are those of a doe
vigraha mṛgasya iva akṣiṇī yasyāḥ sā
a forest animal, a deer or antelope
the eye
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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
- mrigakshiom mrigakshyai namah
- ITRANS
- mRRigAkShIOM mRRigAkShyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mRgAkSIOM mRgAkSyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మృగాక్షీఓం మృగాక్ష్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೃಗಾಕ್ಷೀಓಂ ಮೃಗಾಕ್ಷ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മൃഗാക്ഷീഓം മൃഗാക്ഷ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ம்ருகா³க்ஷீஓம் ம்ருகா³க்ஷ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મૃગાક્ષીૐ મૃગાક્ષ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মৃগাক্ষীওঁ মৃগাক্ষ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୃଗାକ୍ଷୀଓଁ ମୃଗାକ୍ଷ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ