Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 795 of 1000: कामधुक् · Kāmadhuk

Yielding Every Wish

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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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Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularconsonant stemstem: kāmaduh

Root noun in -duh; the final aspirate surfaces as -dhuk in the nominative singular.

कामधुक्kāmadhuk

she who milks out desires

vigraha kāmān dogdhīti kāmadhuk

कामkāma

wish, desire, object longed for

दुह्duh

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