Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 6 of 1000: उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभाउद्यद्-भानु-सहस्राभा · UdyadbhānusahasrābhāUdyad-bhānu-sahasrābhā
Bright As A Thousand Dawns
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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
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.
she whose sheen is that of a thousand rising suns
vigraha udyadbhānusahasrasya ābheva ābhā yasyāḥ sā
a thousand rising suns
vigraha udyatāṃ bhānūnāṃ sahasram
the rising sun
vigraha udyaṃś cāsau bhānuś ca
rising, coming up
sun, ray of light
a thousand
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