Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 859 of 1000: काष्ठा · Kāṣṭhā
The Farthest Goal
Artha
What the name means
She is the end of the course, the highest pitch past which there is no further degree to reach.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ काष्ठायै नमः
oṃ kāṣṭhāyai namaḥ
om kashthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kāṣṭhā, as part of Shloka 160. 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
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 160Names 854–861
गम्भीरा गगनान्तस्था गर्विता गानलोलुपा ।
कल्पनारहिता काष्ठाऽकान्ता कान्तार्धविग्रहा ॥ १६० ॥
gambhīrā gaganāntasthā garvitā gānalolupā
kalpanārahitā kāṣṭhā'kāntā kāntārdhavigrahā
Study the whole shloka: Deep, proud, greedy for song — and half of another body
Chanted with it
- 854गम्भीराgambhīrāThe Unfathomable
- 855गगनान्तस्थाgaganāntasthāAbiding At The Edge Of The Sky
- 856गर्विताgarvitāThe Proud
- 857गानलोलुपाgānalolupāGreedy For Song
- 858कल्पनारहिताkalpanārahitāFree Of Mental Construction
- 860अकान्ताakāntāShe Who Has No Other Beloved
- 861कान्तार्धविग्रहाkāntārdhavigrahāHalf Her Beloved's Body
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kashthaom kashthayai namah
- ITRANS
- kAShThAOM kAShThAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kASThAOM kASThAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కాష్ఠాఓం కాష్ఠాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಷ್ಠಾಓಂ ಕಾಷ್ಠಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാഷ്ഠാഓം കാഷ്ഠായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காஷ்டா²ஓம் காஷ்டா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કાષ્ઠાૐ કાષ્ઠાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কাষ্ঠাওঁ কাষ্ঠায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାଷ୍ଠାଓଁ କାଷ୍ଠାୟୈ ନମଃ