Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 864 of 1000: कनत्कनकताटङ्काकनत्-कनक-ताटङ्का · KanatkanakatāṭaṅkāKanat-kanaka-tāṭaṅkā

Wearing Earrings Of Gleaming Gold

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Artha

What the name means

Gold catches the light at her ears, and the flash of those ornaments is often the first thing a worshipper sees of her face.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ कनत्कनकताटङ्कायै नमः

oṃ kanatkanakatāṭaṅkāyai namaḥ

om kanatkanakatatankayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kanatkanakatāṭaṅkā, as part of Shloka 161. 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: kanatkanakatāṭaṅkā
कनत्कनकताटङ्काkanatkanakatāṭaṅkā

whose earrings are of glittering gold

vigraha kanatkanakamayaṃ tāṭaṅkaṃ yasyāḥ sā

कनत्कनकkanatkanaka

glittering gold

vigraha kanat ca tat kanakaṃ ca

कनत्kanat

shining, glittering (present participle of √kan)

कनकkanaka

gold

ताटङ्कtāṭaṅka

large ear-ornament, earring

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 161Names 862–865

कार्यकारणनिर्मुक्ता कामकेलितरङ्गिता ।

कनत्कनकताटङ्का लीलाविग्रहधारिणी ॥ १६१ ॥

kāryakāraṇanirmuktā kāmakelitaraṅgitā

kanatkanakatāṭaṅkā līlāvigrahadhāriṇī

Study the whole shloka: Outside cause and effect, and therefore at play

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
kanatkanakatatankaom kanatkanakatatankayai namah
ITRANS
kanatkanakatATa~NkAOM kanatkanakatATa~NkAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
kanatkanakatATaGkAOM kanatkanakatATaGkAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
కనత్కనకతాటఙ్కాఓం కనత్కనకతాటఙ్కాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಕನತ್ಕನಕತಾಟಙ್ಕಾಓಂ ಕನತ್ಕನಕತಾಟಙ್ಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
കനത്കനകതാടങ്കാഓം കനത്കനകതാടങ്കായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
கனத்கனகதாடங்காஓம் கனத்கனகதாடங்காயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
કનત્કનકતાટઙ્કાૐ કનત્કનકતાટઙ્કાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
কনৎকনকতাটঙ্কাওঁ কনৎকনকতাটঙ্কায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
କନତ୍କନକତାଟଙ୍କାଓଁ କନତ୍କନକତାଟଙ୍କାୟୈ ନମଃ