Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 636 of 1000: गन्धर्वसेवितागन्धर्व-सेविता · GandharvasevitāGandharva-sevitā
Attended By Gandharvas
Artha
What the name means
The gandharvas, musicians of the sky, wait on her with their singing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गन्धर्वसेवितायै नमः
oṃ gandharvasevitāyai namaḥ
om gandharvasevitayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gandharvasevitā, as part of Shloka 126. 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
waited upon by the celestial singers
vigraha gandharvaiḥ sevitā
a Gandharva, a celestial musician
served, attended upon
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 126Names 630–636
त्र्यक्षरी दिव्यगन्धाढ्या सिन्दूरतिलकाञ्चिता ।
उमा शैलेन्द्रतनया गौरी गन्धर्वसेविता ॥ १२६ ॥
tryakṣarī divyagandhāḍhyā sindūratilakāñcitā
umā śailendratanayā gaurī gandharvasevitā
Study the whole shloka: Three syllables, fragrance, vermilion, and the mountain's daughter
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gandharvasevitaom gandharvasevitayai namah
- ITRANS
- gandharvasevitAOM gandharvasevitAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gandharvasevitAOM gandharvasevitAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గన్ధర్వసేవితాఓం గన్ధర్వసేవితాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗನ್ಧರ್ವಸೇವಿತಾಓಂ ಗನ್ಧರ್ವಸೇವಿತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗന്ധര്വസേവിതാഓം ഗന്ധര്വസേവിതായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- க³ந்த⁴ர்வஸேவிதாஓம் க³ந்த⁴ர்வஸேவிதாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગન્ધર્વસેવિતાૐ ગન્ધર્વસેવિતાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গন্ধর্বসেবিতাওঁ গন্ধর্বসেবিতায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗନ୍ଧର୍ୱସେବିତାଓଁ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ୱସେବିତାୟୈ ନମଃ