Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 868 of 1000: मुग्धा · Mugdhā
The Artless Beauty
Artha
What the name means
Hers is the charm of the young and unpractised, disarming exactly because none of it is calculated.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मुग्धायै नमः
oṃ mugdhāyai namaḥ
om mugdhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mugdhā, as part of Shloka 162. 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.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 162Names 866–871
अजा क्षयविनिर्मुक्ता मुग्धा क्षिप्रप्रसादिनी ।
अन्तर्मुखसमाराध्या बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभा ॥ १६२ ॥
ajā kṣayavinirmuktā mugdhā kṣipraprasādinī
antarmukhasamārādhyā bahirmukhasudurlabhā
Study the whole shloka: Unborn, undecaying, easily pleased — and only by those facing the right way
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mugdhaom mugdhayai namah
- ITRANS
- mugdhAOM mugdhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mugdhAOM mugdhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ముగ్ధాఓం ముగ్ధాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮುಗ್ಧಾಓಂ ಮುಗ್ಧಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മുഗ്ധാഓം മുഗ്ധായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- முக்³தா⁴ஓம் முக்³தா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મુગ્ધાૐ મુગ્ધાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মুগ্ধাওঁ মুগ্ধায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୁଗ୍ଧାଓଁ ମୁଗ୍ଧାୟୈ ନମଃ