Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 593 of 1000: भालस्था · Bhālasthā
Present On The Brow
Artha
What the name means
Moving down from the crown, the meditation next places her at the forehead.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भालस्थायै नमः
oṃ bhālasthāyai namaḥ
om bhalasthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhālasthā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who abides on the forehead
vigraha bhāle sthitā
the forehead, the brow
standing in, situated in
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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
- bhalasthaom bhalasthayai namah
- ITRANS
- bhAlasthAOM bhAlasthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhAlasthAOM bhAlasthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భాలస్థాఓం భాలస్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭಾಲಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಭಾಲಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭാലസ്ഥാഓം ഭാലസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பா⁴லஸ்தா²ஓம் பா⁴லஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભાલસ્થાૐ ભાલસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভালস্থাওঁ ভালস্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭାଲସ୍ଥାଓଁ ଭାଲସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ