Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 794 of 1000: कलामालाकला-माला · KalāmālāKalā-mālā
Garland Of Digits
Artha
What the name means
The sixteen digits of the moon hang together on her as a strand of beads, and the arts they stand for are the same garland.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कलामालायै नमः
oṃ kalāmālāyai namaḥ
om kalamalayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kalāmālā, 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
a garland made of the kalās
vigraha kalānāṃ mālā
a sixteenth part, a digit of the moon; an art
garland, wreath, string of beads
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- kalamalaom kalamalayai namah
- ITRANS
- kalAmAlAOM kalAmAlAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kalAmAlAOM kalAmAlAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కలామాలాఓం కలామాలాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಲಾಮಾಲಾಓಂ ಕಲಾಮಾಲಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കലാമാലാഓം കലാമാലായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கலாமாலாஓம் கலாமாலாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કલામાલાૐ કલામાલાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কলামালাওঁ কলামালায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କଲାମାଲାଓଁ କଲାମାଲାୟୈ ନମଃ