Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 586 of 1000: कामसेविताकाम-सेविता · KāmasevitāKāma-sevitā
Attended By Kāma
Artha
What the name means
Desire, personified as the god who bends the flower-bow, is found in the posture of a servant before her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कामसेवितायै नमः
oṃ kāmasevitāyai namaḥ
om kamasevitayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmasevitā, as part of Shloka 118. 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 is served by Kāma
vigraha kāmena sevitā
wish, desire; the god of love
served, attended upon, honoured
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 118Names 583–589
आत्मविद्या महाविद्या श्रीविद्या कामसेविता ।
श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्या त्रिकूटा कामकोटिका ॥ ११८ ॥
ātmavidyā mahāvidyā śrīvidyā kāmasevitā
śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyā trikūṭā kāmakoṭikā
Study the whole shloka: Four kinds of knowing, and the mantra named at last
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kamasevitaom kamasevitayai namah
- ITRANS
- kAmasevitAOM kAmasevitAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmasevitAOM kAmasevitAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామసేవితాఓం కామసేవితాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮಸೇವಿತಾಓಂ ಕಾಮಸೇವಿತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമസേവിതാഓം കാമസേവിതായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காமஸேவிதாஓம் காமஸேவிதாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામસેવિતાૐ કામસેવિતાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কামসেবিতাওঁ কামসেবিতায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମସେବିତାଓଁ କାମସେବିତାୟୈ ନମଃ