Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 847 of 1000: तलोदरी · Talodarī
The Slender-Bellied
Artha
What the name means
Her waist is level and flat, the slimness poets have always counted a mark of beauty.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तलोदर्यै नमः
oṃ talodaryai namaḥ
om talodaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, talodarī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
having a flat belly
vigraha talam iva udaraṃ yasyāḥ sā
flat surface, level, the flat of the palm
belly, abdomen
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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
- talodariom talodaryai namah
- ITRANS
- talodarIOM talodaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- talodarIOM talodaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తలోదరీఓం తలోదర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತಲೋದರೀಓಂ ತಲೋದರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തലോദരീഓം തലോദര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தலோத³ரீஓம் தலோத³ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તલોદરીૐ તલોદર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তলোদরীওঁ তলোদর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତଲୋଦରୀଓଁ ତଲୋଦର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ