Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 797 of 1000: कलानिधिःकला-निधिः · KalānidhiḥKalā-nidhiḥ
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Artha
What the name means
Every skill and every digit of the moon is stored in her, which is why the same word names the moon.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कलानिधये नमः
oṃ kalānidhaye namaḥ
om kalanidhaye namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kalānidhiḥ, as part of Shloka 152. 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
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
The masculine nidhi is applied to the goddess in apposition; kalānidhi is also a common name for the moon.
a hoard of the kalās
vigraha kalānāṃ nidhiḥ
a sixteenth part, a digit of the moon; an art
receptacle, store, treasure-hoard
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 152Names 797–805
कलानिधिः काव्यकला रसज्ञा रसशेवधिः ।
पुष्टा पुरातना पूज्या पुष्करा पुष्करेक्षणा ॥ १५२ ॥
kalānidhiḥ kāvyakalā rasajñā rasaśevadhiḥ
puṣṭā purātanā pūjyā puṣkarā puṣkarekṣaṇā
Study the whole shloka: Two treasuries of savour, and then five names beginning in p
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kalanidhihom kalanidhaye namah
- ITRANS
- kalAnidhiHOM kalAnidhaye namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kalAnidhiHOM kalAnidhaye namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కలానిధిఃఓం కలానిధయే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಲಾನಿಧಿಃಓಂ ಕಲಾನಿಧಯೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കലാനിധിഃഓം കലാനിധയേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கலாநிதி⁴ஃஓம் கலாநித⁴யே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કલાનિધિઃૐ કલાનિધયે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কলানিধিঃওঁ কলানিধয়ে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କଲାନିଧିଃଓଁ କଲାନିଧୟେ ନମଃ