Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 62 of 1000: कामाक्षी · Kāmākṣī
Whose Eyes Are Full Of Love
Artha
What the name means
Desire lives in her eyes, and what she looks upon with them is granted before it is asked for.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कामाक्ष्यै नमः
oṃ kāmākṣyai namaḥ
om kamakshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmākṣī, as part of Shloka 23. 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 in whose eyes there is love
vigraha kāmayukte akṣiṇī yasyāḥ sā
desire, longing, love
eye
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 23Names 59–63
महापद्माटवीसंस्था कदम्बवनवासिनी ।
सुधासागरमध्यस्था कामाक्षी कामदायिनी ॥ २३ ॥
mahāpadmāṭavīsaṃsthā kadambavanavāsinī
sudhāsāgaramadhyasthā kāmākṣī kāmadāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Lotus forest, kadamba grove, sea of nectar — and then her eyes
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kamakshiom kamakshyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAmAkShIOM kAmAkShyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmAkSIOM kAmAkSyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామాక్షీఓం కామాక్ష్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮಾಕ್ಷೀಓಂ ಕಾಮಾಕ್ಷ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമാക്ഷീഓം കാമാക്ഷ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காமாக்ஷீஓம் காமாக்ஷ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામાક્ષીૐ કામાક્ષ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কামাক্ষীওঁ কামাক্ষ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମାକ୍ଷୀଓଁ କାମାକ୍ଷ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ