Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 805 of 1000: पुष्करेक्षणा · Puṣkarekṣaṇā
The Lotus-Eyed
Artha
What the name means
Her two eyes have the long cool shape of lotus petals, and her glance falls with the same unhurried opening.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पुष्करेक्षणायै नमः
oṃ puṣkarekṣaṇāyai namaḥ
om pushkarekshanayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, puṣkarekṣaṇā, 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
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
having eyes like lotuses
vigraha puṣkare iva īkṣaṇe yasyāḥ sā
blue lotus, lotus flower
eye, look, glance
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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
- pushkarekshanaom pushkarekshanayai namah
- ITRANS
- puShkarekShaNAOM puShkarekShaNAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- puSkarekSaNAOM puSkarekSaNAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పుష్కరేక్షణాఓం పుష్కరేక్షణాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪುಷ್ಕರೇಕ್ಷಣಾಓಂ ಪುಷ್ಕರೇಕ್ಷಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പുഷ്കരേക്ഷണാഓം പുഷ്കരേക്ഷണായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- புஷ்கரேக்ஷணாஓம் புஷ்கரேக்ஷணாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પુષ્કરેક્ષણાૐ પુષ્કરેક્ષણાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পুষ্করেক্ষণাওঁ পুষ্করেক্ষণায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପୁଷ୍କରେକ୍ଷଣାଓଁ ପୁଷ୍କରେକ୍ଷଣାୟୈ ନମଃ