Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 804 of 1000: पुष्करा · Puṣkarā
The Lotus
Artha
What the name means
She is the blue lotus that opens on still water, and, in the older reach of the word, the water and the wide sky as well.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पुष्करायै नमः
oṃ puṣkarāyai namaḥ
om pushkarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, puṣkarā, 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
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
A single word rather than a compound.
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
- 797कलानिधिःkalānidhiḥTreasury Of The Arts
- 798काव्यकलाkāvyakalāThe Art Of Poetry
- 799रसज्ञाrasajñāKnower Of Savour
- 800रसशेवधिःrasaśevadhiḥHoard Of Savour
- 801पुष्टाpuṣṭāThe Well-Nourished One
- 802पुरातनाpurātanāThe Primordial One
- 803पूज्याpūjyāThe One Worthy Of Worship
- 805पुष्करेक्षणाpuṣkarekṣaṇāThe Lotus-Eyed
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- pushkaraom pushkarayai namah
- ITRANS
- puShkarAOM puShkarAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- puSkarAOM puSkarAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పుష్కరాఓం పుష్కరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪುಷ್ಕರಾಓಂ ಪುಷ್ಕರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പുഷ്കരാഓം പുഷ്കരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- புஷ்கராஓம் புஷ்கராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પુષ્કરાૐ પુષ્કરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পুষ্করাওঁ পুষ্করায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୁଷ୍କରାଓଁ ପୁଷ୍କରାୟୈ ନମଃ