Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 63 of 1000: कामदायिनीकाम-दायिनी · KāmadāyinīKāma-dāyinī
The Giver Of What Is Wished For
Artha
What the name means
Whatever a person genuinely wants, she is the one who hands it over.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कामदायिन्यै नमः
oṃ kāmadāyinyai namaḥ
om kamadayinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmadāyinī, 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.
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 bestows what is desired
vigraha kāmaṃ dadāti iti
desire, the object wished for
giving, bestowing
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
- kamadayiniom kamadayinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAmadAyinIOM kAmadAyinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmadAyinIOM kAmadAyinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామదాయినీఓం కామదాయిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮದಾಯಿನೀಓಂ ಕಾಮದಾಯಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമദായിനീഓം കാമദായിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காமதா³யினீஓம் காமதா³யின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામદાયિનીૐ કામદાયિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কামদায়িনীওঁ কামদায়িন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମଦାୟିନୀଓଁ କାମଦାୟିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ