Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 945 of 1000: वामकेश्वरी · Vāmakeśvarī
Mistress Of The Left-Hand Path
Artha
What the name means
She presides over the left-hand observance and lends her name to the Vāmakeśvara Tantra.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ वामकेश्वर्यै नमः
oṃ vāmakeśvaryai namaḥ
om vamakeshvaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vāmakeśvarī, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Segmented vāmaka + īśvarī, the only split the sandhi allows; the compound is also simply the feminine of Vāmakeśvara, the tantra named after her.
sovereign lady of the left-hand way
vigraha vāmakasyeśvarī
left, belonging to the left
mistress, sovereign lady
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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
- vamakeshvariom vamakeshvaryai namah
- ITRANS
- vAmakeshvarIOM vAmakeshvaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vAmakezvarIOM vAmakezvaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- వామకేశ్వరీఓం వామకేశ్వర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಾಮಕೇಶ್ವರೀಓಂ ವಾಮಕೇಶ್ವರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വാമകേശ്വരീഓം വാമകേശ്വര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- வாமகேஶ்வரீஓம் வாமகேஶ்வர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વામકેશ્વરીૐ વામકેશ્વર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বামকেশ্বরীওঁ বামকেশ্বর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବାମକେଶ୍ୱରୀଓଁ ବାମକେଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ