Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 592 of 1000: चन्द्रनिभाचन्द्र-निभा · CandranibhāCandra-nibhā
Like The Moon
Artha
What the name means
At the crown her light is cool and white, matching the disc of the moon.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चन्द्रनिभायै नमः
oṃ candranibhāyai namaḥ
om chandranibhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, candranibhā, as part of Shloka 119. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose look is that of the moon
vigraha candrasya iva nibhā yasyāḥ sā
the moon; shining, glittering
resembling, like, similar
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 119Names 590–594
कटाक्षकिङ्करीभूतकमलाकोटिसेविता ।
शिरःस्थिता चन्द्रनिभा भालस्थेन्द्रधनुःप्रभा ॥ ११९ ॥
kaṭākṣakiṅkarībhūtakamalākoṭisevitā
śiraḥsthitā candranibhā bhālasthendradhanuḥprabhā
Study the whole shloka: Millions of Lakṣmīs, then a moon and a rainbow
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chandranibhaom chandranibhayai namah
- ITRANS
- chandranibhAOM chandranibhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- candranibhAOM candranibhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చన్ద్రనిభాఓం చన్ద్రనిభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚನ್ದ್ರನಿಭಾಓಂ ಚನ್ದ್ರನಿಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചന്ദ്രനിഭാഓം ചന്ദ്രനിഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சந்த்³ரநிபா⁴ஓம் சந்த்³ரநிபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચન્દ્રનિભાૐ ચન્દ્રનિભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চন্দ্রনিভাওঁ চন্দ্রনিভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନିଭାଓଁ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନିଭାୟୈ ନମଃ