Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 942 of 1000: व्योमकेशीव्योम-केशी · VyomakeśīVyoma-keśī
Whose Hair Is The Sky
Artha
What the name means
Open space streams from her head as hair, matching the epithet Vyomakeśa borne by Śiva.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ व्योमकेश्यै नमः
oṃ vyomakeśyai namaḥ
om vyomakeshyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vyomakeśī, as part of Shloka 174. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she whose locks are the open sky
vigraha vyoma keśā yasyāḥ sā
sky, space, ether
hair of the head
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 174Names 942–947
व्योमकेशी विमानस्था वज्रिणी वामकेश्वरी ।
पञ्चयज्ञप्रिया पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिनी ॥ १७४ ॥
vyomakeśī vimānasthā vajriṇī vāmakeśvarī
pañcayajñapriyā pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī
Study the whole shloka: Sky for hair, thunderbolt in hand, five gods for a couch
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vyomakeshiom vyomakeshyai namah
- ITRANS
- vyomakeshIOM vyomakeshyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vyomakezIOM vyomakezyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వ్యోమకేశీఓం వ్యోమకేశ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವ್ಯೋಮಕೇಶೀಓಂ ವ್ಯೋಮಕೇಶ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വ്യോമകേശീഓം വ്യോമകേശ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வ்யோமகேஶீஓம் வ்யோமகேஶ்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વ્યોમકેશીૐ વ્યોમકેશ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ব্যোমকেশীওঁ ব্যোমকেশ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବ୍ୟୋମକେଶୀଓଁ ବ୍ୟୋମକେଶ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ