Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 594 of 1000: इन्द्रधनुःप्रभाइन्द्र-धनुः-प्रभा · IndradhanuḥprabhāIndra-dhanuḥ-prabhā
Bright As A Rainbow
Artha
What the name means
There her colour is not single but banded, the bow of Indra arched across the sky.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ इन्द्रधनुःप्रभायै नमः
oṃ indradhanuḥprabhāyai namaḥ
om indradhanuhprabhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, indradhanuḥprabhā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose radiance is that of the rainbow
vigraha indradhanuṣaḥ prabhā iva prabhā yasyāḥ sā
Indra's Bow, The Rainbow
vigraha indrasya dhanuḥ
Indra, god of the sky and of rain
a bow; an arc
light, splendour, radiance
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
- indradhanuhprabhaom indradhanuhprabhayai namah
- ITRANS
- indradhanuHprabhAOM indradhanuHprabhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- indradhanuHprabhAOM indradhanuHprabhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఇన్ద్రధనుఃప్రభాఓం ఇన్ద్రధనుఃప్రభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಇನ್ದ್ರಧನುಃಪ್ರಭಾಓಂ ಇನ್ದ್ರಧನುಃಪ್ರಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഇന്ദ്രധനുഃപ്രഭാഓം ഇന്ദ്രധനുഃപ്രഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- இந்த்³ரத⁴னுஃப்ரபா⁴ஓம் இந்த்³ரத⁴னுஃப்ரபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ઇન્દ્રધનુઃપ્રભાૐ ઇન્દ્રધનુઃપ્રભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ইন্দ্রধনুঃপ্রভাওঁ ইন্দ্রধনুঃপ্রভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଧନୁଃପ୍ରଭାଓଁ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଧନୁଃପ୍ରଭାୟୈ ନମଃ