Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 896 of 1000: कूटस्था · Kūṭasthā
Standing Unmoved At The Summit
Artha
What the name means
She holds the peak like an anvil that takes blow after blow without shifting, which is the Vedāntic figure for what never alters.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कूटस्थायै नमः
oṃ kūṭasthāyai namaḥ
om kutasthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kūṭasthā, as part of Shloka 166. 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
standing on the summit
vigraha kūṭe tiṣṭhati iti kūṭasthā
peak, summit, highest point; an anvil
standing, abiding in
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 166Names 890–897
विश्वग्रासा विद्रुमाभा वैष्णवी विष्णुरूपिणी ।
अयोनिर्योनिनिलया कूटस्था कुलरूपिणी ॥ १६६ ॥
viśvagrāsā vidrumābhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇurūpiṇī
ayoniryoninilayā kūṭasthā kularūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The world as one mouthful, and a printed word that hides a seam
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- kutasthaom kutasthayai namah
- ITRANS
- kUTasthAOM kUTasthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kUTasthAOM kUTasthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కూటస్థాఓం కూటస్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕೂಟಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಕೂಟಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കൂടസ്ഥാഓം കൂടസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கூடஸ்தா²ஓம் கூடஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કૂટસ્થાૐ કૂટસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কূটস্থাওঁ কূটস্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କୂଟସ୍ଥାଓଁ କୂଟସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ