Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 795 of 1000: कामधुक् · Kāmadhuk
Yielding Every Wish
Artha
What the name means
She is the cow of plenty, giving out whatever is asked of her as easily as milk is drawn.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कामदुघे नमः
oṃ kāmadughe namaḥ
om kamadughe namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāmadhuk, 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
Root noun in -duh; the final aspirate surfaces as -dhuk in the nominative singular.
she who milks out desires
vigraha kāmān dogdhīti kāmadhuk
wish, desire, object longed for
milking, yielding (from √duh)
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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
- kamadhukom kamadughe namah
- ITRANS
- kAmadhukOM kAmadughe namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAmadhukOM kAmadughe namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కామధుక్ఓం కామదుఘే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಮಧುಕ್ಓಂ ಕಾಮದುಘೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാമധുക്ഓം കാമദുഘേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காமது⁴க்ஓம் காமது³கே⁴ நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કામધુક્ૐ કામદુઘે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কামধুক্ওঁ কামদুঘে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାମଧୁକ୍ଓଁ କାମଦୁଘେ ନମଃ