Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 6 of 1000: उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभाउद्यद्-भानु-सहस्राभा · UdyadbhānusahasrābhāUdyad-bhānu-sahasrābhā

Bright As A Thousand Dawns

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Artha

What the name means

Her body gives off the light of a thousand suns climbing at once over the horizon.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभायै नमः

oṃ udyadbhānusahasrābhāyai namaḥ

om udyadbhanusahasrabhayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, udyadbhānusahasrābhā, as part of Shloka 2. 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.

ChantShloka 2, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:11
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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: udyadbhānusahasrābhā

ābhā is itself feminine, so the ending does not settle the class; the bahuvrīhi reading is taken because the epithet describes her rather than naming a radiance.

उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभाudyadbhānusahasrābhā

she whose sheen is that of a thousand rising suns

vigraha udyadbhānusahasrasya ābheva ābhā yasyāḥ sā

उद्यद्भानुसहस्रudyadbhānusahasra

a thousand rising suns

vigraha udyatāṃ bhānūnāṃ sahasram

उद्यद्भानुudyadbhānu

the rising sun

vigraha udyaṃś cāsau bhānuś ca

उद्यत्udyat

rising, coming up

भानुbhānu

sun, ray of light

सहस्रsahasra

a thousand

आभाābhā

radiance, sheen, the look a thing gives off

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 2Names 6–9

उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभा चतुर्बाहुसमन्विता ।

रागस्वरूपपाशाढ्या क्रोधाकाराङ्कुशोज्ज्वला ॥ २ ॥

udyadbhānusahasrābhā caturbāhusamanvitā

rāgasvarūpapāśāḍhyā krodhākārāṅkuśojjvalā

Study the whole shloka: Four arms, and the noose of desire

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
udyadbhanusahasrabhaom udyadbhanusahasrabhayai namah
ITRANS
udyadbhAnusahasrAbhAOM udyadbhAnusahasrAbhAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
udyadbhAnusahasrAbhAOM udyadbhAnusahasrAbhAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
ఉద్యద్భానుసహస్రాభాఓం ఉద్యద్భానుసహస్రాభాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಉದ್ಯದ್ಭಾನುಸಹಸ್ರಾಭಾಓಂ ಉದ್ಯದ್ಭಾನುಸಹಸ್ರಾಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ഉദ്യദ്ഭാനുസഹസ്രാഭാഓം ഉദ്യദ്ഭാനുസഹസ്രാഭായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
உத்³யத்³பா⁴னுஸஹஸ்ராபா⁴ஓம் உத்³யத்³பா⁴னுஸஹஸ்ராபா⁴யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
ઉદ્યદ્ભાનુસહસ્રાભાૐ ઉદ્યદ્ભાનુસહસ્રાભાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
উদ্যদ্ভানুসহস্রাভাওঁ উদ্যদ্ভানুসহস্রাভায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଉଦ୍ୟଦ୍ଭାନୁସହସ୍ରାଭାଓଁ ଉଦ୍ୟଦ୍ଭାନୁସହସ୍ରାଭାୟୈ ନମଃ