Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 728 of 1000: चित्कलाचित्-कला · CitkalāCit-kalā
Digit Of Pure Consciousness
Artha
What the name means
She is that fine sliver of awareness which is never itself an object, the way one digit stands for the whole moon.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चित्कलायै नमः
oṃ citkalāyai namaḥ
om chitkalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, citkalā, as part of Shloka 141. 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
the digit that is consciousness
vigraha cid eva kalā
pure consciousness, awareness
a sixteenth part, digit of the moon; a fine portion
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 141Names 728–734
चित्कलाऽऽनन्दकलिका प्रेमरूपा प्रियङ्करी ।
नामपारायणप्रीता नन्दिविद्या नटेश्वरी ॥ १४१ ॥
citkalā''nandakalikā premarūpā priyaṅkarī
nāmapārāyaṇaprītā nandividyā naṭeśvarī
Study the whole shloka: A digit of consciousness, and a hymn that names itself
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chitkalaom chitkalayai namah
- ITRANS
- chitkalAOM chitkalAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- citkalAOM citkalAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చిత్కలాఓం చిత్కలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚಿತ್ಕಲಾಓಂ ಚಿತ್ಕಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചിത്കലാഓം ചിത്കലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சித்கலாஓம் சித்கலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચિત્કલાૐ ચિત્કલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চিৎকলাওঁ চিৎকলায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚିତ୍କଲାଓଁ ଚିତ୍କଲାୟୈ ନମଃ