Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 793 of 1000: कपर्दिनी · Kapardinī
Wearing The Matted Knot
Artha
What the name means
Her hair is coiled in the shell-shaped knot that Śiva wears, which marks her as his match rather than his ornament.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कपर्दिन्यै नमः
oṃ kapardinyai namaḥ
om kapardinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kapardinī, as part of Shloka 151. 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
Feminine of the -in derivative kapardin, from kaparda.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 151Names 791–796
सत्यज्ञानानन्दरूपा सामरस्यपरायणा ।
कपर्दिनी कलामाला कामधुक् कामरूपिणी ॥ १५१ ॥
satyajñānānandarūpā sāmarasyaparāyaṇā
kapardinī kalāmālā kāmadhuk kāmarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Truth, knowledge and bliss, and then the same thing with hair and a cow
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kapardiniom kapardinyai namah
- ITRANS
- kapardinIOM kapardinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kapardinIOM kapardinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కపర్దినీఓం కపర్దిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಪರ್ದಿನೀಓಂ ಕಪರ್ದಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കപര്ദിനീഓം കപര്ദിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கபர்தி³னீஓம் கபர்தி³ன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કપર્દિનીૐ કપર્દિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কপর্দিনীওঁ কপর্দিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କପର୍ଦିନୀଓଁ କପର୍ଦିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ