Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 755 of 1000: चण्डिका · Caṇḍikā
The Fierce One
Artha
What the name means
She is Caṇḍikā, whose anger burns hot when the world needs defending.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ चण्डिकायै नमः
oṃ caṇḍikāyai namaḥ
om chandikayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, caṇḍikā, as part of Shloka 145. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 145Names 750–756
महेश्वरी महाकाली महाग्रासा महाशना ।
अपर्णा चण्डिका चण्डमुण्डासुरनिषूदिनी ॥ १४५ ॥
maheśvarī mahākālī mahāgrāsā mahāśanā
aparṇā caṇḍikā caṇḍamuṇḍāsuraniṣūdinī
Study the whole shloka: The great eater who would not take a leaf
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chandikaom chandikayai namah
- ITRANS
- chaNDikAOM chaNDikAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- caNDikAOM caNDikAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- చణ్డికాఓం చణ్డికాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಚಣ್ಡಿಕಾಓಂ ಚಣ್ಡಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ചണ്ഡികാഓം ചണ്ഡികായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- சண்டி³காஓம் சண்டி³காயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ચણ્ડિકાૐ ચણ્ડિકાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- চণ্ডিকাওঁ চণ্ডিকায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଚଣ୍ଡିକାଓଁ ଚଣ୍ଡିକାୟୈ ନମଃ