Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 964 of 1000: बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्याबन्धूक-कुसुम-प्रख्या · BandhūkakusumaprakhyāBandhūka-kusuma-prakhyā

Bright As The Bandhūka Blossom

Artha

What the name means

Her colour answers to the scarlet flower of the bandhūka, which opens red at midday.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्यायै नमः

oṃ bandhūkakusumaprakhyāyai namaḥ

om bandhukakusumaprakhyayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bandhūkakusumaprakhyā, as part of Shloka 177. 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.

ChantShloka 177, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: bandhūkakusumaprakhyā

बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्याbandhūkakusumaprakhyā

she whose look is that of the bandhūka flower

vigraha bandhūkakusumasyeva prakhyā yasyāḥ sā

बन्धूककुसुमbandhūkakusuma

the blossom of the bandhūka tree

vigraha bandhūkasya kusumam

बन्धूकbandhūka

the bandhūka tree, Pentapetes phoenicea

कुसुमkusuma

flower, blossom

प्रख्याprakhyā

appearance, look, resemblance

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 177Names 964–970

बन्धूककुसुमप्रख्या बाला लीलाविनोदिनी ।

सुमङ्गली सुखकरी सुवेषाढ्या सुवासिनी ॥ १७७ ॥

bandhūkakusumaprakhyā bālā līlāvinodinī

sumaṅgalī sukhakarī suveṣāḍhyā suvāsinī

Study the whole shloka: The scarlet flower, the girl, and the woman of the house

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: bandhukakusumaprakhyaom bandhukakusumaprakhyayai namah
ITRANS: bandhUkakusumaprakhyAOM bandhUkakusumaprakhyAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: bandhUkakusumaprakhyAOM bandhUkakusumaprakhyAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: బన్ధూకకుసుమప్రఖ్యాఓం బన్ధూకకుసుమప్రఖ్యాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಬನ್ಧೂಕಕುಸುಮಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾಓಂ ಬನ್ಧೂಕಕುಸುಮಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ബന്ധൂകകുസുമപ്രഖ്യാഓം ബന്ധൂകകുസുമപ്രഖ്യായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: ப³ந்தூ⁴ககுஸுமப்ரக்²யாஓம் ப³ந்தூ⁴ககுஸுமப்ரக்²யாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: બન્ધૂકકુસુમપ્રખ્યાૐ બન્ધૂકકુસુમપ્રખ્યાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: বন্ধূককুসুমপ্রখ্যাওঁ বন্ধূককুসুমপ্রখ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ବନ୍ଧୂକକୁସୁମପ୍ରଖ୍ୟାଓଁ ବନ୍ଧୂକକୁସୁମପ୍ରଖ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ