Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 844 of 1000: छन्दःसाराछन्दः-सारा · ChandaḥsārāChandaḥ-sārā
Essence Of The Vedic Metres
Artha
What the name means
What the metres of the hymns are carrying, underneath the count of their syllables, is her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ छन्दःसारायै नमः
oṃ chandaḥsārāyai namaḥ
om chhandahsarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, chandaḥsārā, as part of Shloka 158. 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
the pith of the sacred metres
vigraha chandasāṃ sāraḥ
metre; a sacred Vedic hymn
pith, core, essence
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 158Names 844–850
छन्दःसारा शास्त्रसारा मन्त्रसारा तलोदरी ।
उदारकीर्तिरुद्दामवैभवा वर्णरूपिणी ॥ १५८ ॥
chandaḥsārā śāstrasārā mantrasārā talodarī
udārakīrtiruddāmavaibhavā varṇarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The pith of metre, of treatise, of mantra — and the letters themselves
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- chhandahsaraom chhandahsarayai namah
- ITRANS
- ChandaHsArAOM ChandaHsArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- chandaHsArAOM chandaHsArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ఛన్దఃసారాఓం ఛన్దఃసారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಛನ್ದಃಸಾರಾಓಂ ಛನ್ದಃಸಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഛന്ദഃസാരാഓം ഛന്ദഃസാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ச²ந்த³ஃஸாராஓம் ச²ந்த³ஃஸாராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- છન્દઃસારાૐ છન્દઃસારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ছন্দঃসারাওঁ ছন্দঃসারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଛନ୍ଦଃସାରାଓଁ ଛନ୍ଦଃସାରାୟୈ ନମଃ