Nāmas 1-100

Question 1

1- Śhrī Mātā

Answer 1

The Sacred Mother

Question 2

2- Śhrī Mahā-rājñī

Answer 2

The Great Empress

Question 3

3- Śhrī-mat siṁh‛āsan‛eśhvarī

Answer 3

The Supreme Goddess of the Lion-throne

Question 4

Śhrī

Answer 4

Holy, auspicious, beautiful, splendour

Question 5

Mātā

Answer 5

Mother, measurer

Question 6

Mahā

Answer 6

Great, supreme, best, highest

Question 7

Śhrī-mat

Answer 7

Possessing good qualities, glorious, respectful form of address

Question 8

Siṁha

Answer 8

Lion, tiger, hero, best [from sah –‘be powerful, victorious’]

Question 9

Āsana

Answer 9

A throne, seat, seated [from Ās –‘to sit’]

Question 10

Īśhvarī

Answer 10

Supreme, Goddess, Ruler [from Īśh –‘rule, control, supreme’]

Question 11

4- Chid agni kuṇḍa sambhūtā

Answer 11

Born from the sacred fire-pit of consciousness

Question 12

5- Deva kārya samudyatā

Answer 12

Emerging for a Divine purpose

Question 13

Chit

Answer 13

Consciousness, spirit

Question 14

Agni

Answer 14

Fire, the God of Fire

Question 15

Kuṇḍa

Answer 15

Pit, havan, water-pot

Question 16

Deva

Answer 16

Divine, a God

Question 17

Kārya

Answer 17

Purpose, work, effect

Question 18

Sam-ud-yatā

Answer 18

Emerged, risen up

Question 19

Sam-bhūtā

Answer 19

born, produced

Question 20

6- Udyad bhānu sahasrābhā

Answer 20

Shining like a thousand rising suns

Question 21

7- Chatur bāhu saṁ-anvitā

Answer 21

Furnished with four arms

Question 22

8- Rāga swarūpa paśh‛āḍhyā

Answer 22

Holding the noose as the form of passions

Question 23

9- Krodh‛ākār‛ānkuśh‛ojjvalā

Answer 23

Blazing with a goad as the form of anger

Question 24

Udyad

Answer 24

Rising

Question 25

Bhānu

Answer 25

Sun

Question 26

Sahasra

Answer 26

Thousand

Question 27

Ābhā

Answer 27

Shining

Question 28

Chatur

Answer 28

Four

Question 29

Bāhu

Answer 29

Arms

Question 30

Sam-anvitā

Answer 30

Furnished with

Question 31

Rāga

Answer 31

Passions, love

Question 32

Swa-rūpa

Answer 32

Own form, special quality

Question 33

Paśha

Answer 33

Noose, bonds

Question 34

Āḍhyā

Answer 34

Holding, weilding

Question 35

Krodha

Answer 35

Anger

Question 36

Ākāra

Answer 36

Form, shape, appearance

Question 37

Ankuśha

Answer 37

Goad, elephant driving hook

Question 38

Uj-jvalā

Answer 38

Blazing

Question 39

10- Mano rūp‛ekṣhu kodaṇḍā

Answer 39

Holding a sugar-cane bow in the form of mind

Question 40

11- Pañcha tanmātra sāyakā

Answer 40

With arrows as the five subtle elements

Question 41

12- Nij‛āruṇa prabhā pūra majjad brahmāṇḍa maṇḍalā

Answer 41

Filling the whole universe with Your rose coloured brilliance

Question 42

Mano

Answer 42

Mind, psyche, heart/mind

Question 43

Rūpa

Answer 43

Form

Question 44

Ikṣhu

Answer 44

Sugar-cane

Question 45

Kodaṇḍā

Answer 45

Bow

Question 46

Pañcha

Answer 46

Five

Question 47

Tan-mātra

Answer 47

Subtle elements

Question 48

Sāyakā

Answer 48

Arrows

Question 49

Nija

Answer 49

Innate, one’s own, continual

Question 50

Aruṇa

Answer 50

Rosy, red, the Sun

Question 51

Pra-bhā

Answer 51

Brilliant, shining

Question 52

Pūra

Answer 52

Whole, full, complete

Question 53

Majjad

Answer 53

Marrow, essence

Question 54

Brahm’āṇḍa

Answer 54

‘Egg of Brahma’, the Universe

Question 55

Maṇḍalā

Answer 55

Circle, sphere, orb

Question 56

13- Champak‛āśhoka punnāga saugandhika lasat kachā

Answer 56

Whose gleaming hair is adorned with Champaka, Ashoka, Punnaga and Saugandhika flowers

Question 57

14- Kuruvinda maṇi-śhreṇī kanat koṭīra maṇḍitā

Answer 57

Adorned with a shining crown of Kuruvinda gems

Question 58

Champaka-

Answer 58

White flower, Frangipani

Question 59

Aśhoka-

Answer 59

‘without sorrow’, Orange-red flower

Question 60

Punnāga-

Answer 60

Alexandrian Laurel flower

Question 61

Saugandhika-

Answer 61

White Ginger Lily su-‘good’, gandha-‘perfume’)

Question 62

Lasat-

Answer 62

Shining, smelling, resounding

Question 63

Kachā-

Answer 63

Hair, cloud

Question 64

Kuruvinda-

Answer 64

Rubies from the Kuruvinda mines

Question 65

Maṇi-

Answer 65

Gem

Question 66

Śhreṇī-

Answer 66

Row, line, multitude

Question 67

Kanat-

Answer 67

Shining, satisfying, wishing

Question 68

Koṭīra-

Answer 68

Crown, diadem, long tangled hair

Question 69

Maṇḍitā-

Answer 69

Adorned, decorated

Question 70

15- Aṣhṭamī chandra vibhrāja dalika sthala śhobhitā

Answer 70

Beautiful with a forehead as resplendent as the half-moon on the eighth day

Question 71

16- Mukha chandra kalaṅkābha mṛiga nābhi viśheṣhakā

Answer 71

With a musk spot on the forehead like the markings on the face of the moon

Question 72

Aṣhṭamī-

Answer 72

eighth (day)

Question 73

Chandra-

Answer 73

moon

Question 74

Vibhrāja-

Answer 74

shine forth, radiant

Question 75

Dalika-

Answer 75

burst, split

Question 76

Śhobhitā-

Answer 76

resplendent, beautiful

Question 77

Mukha-

Answer 77

face

Question 78

Chandra-

Answer 78

moon

Question 79

Kalaṅka-

Answer 79

stain, spot, mark

Question 80

Ābha-

Answer 80

shining

Question 81

Mṛiga-nābhi-

Answer 81

musk, antelope-like markings on the moon

Question 82

Viśheṣhakā-

Answer 82

mark on forehead, distinguishing

Question 83

Vadana smara māṅgalya gṛiha toraṇa chillikā

Answer 83

Whose smiling face’s eyebrows are the arches to the wedding hall of Cupid

Question 84

Vaktra lakṣhmi parīvāha chalan-mīnābha lochanā

Answer 84

With eyes like darting fishes in the ocean of Your beautiful face

Question 85

Vadana-

Answer 85

face, first, foremost

Question 86

Smara-

Answer 86

smiling

Question 87

Māṅgalya-gṛiha-

Answer 87

wedding hall

Question 88

Toraṇa-

Answer 88

arched doorway

Question 89

Chillikā-

Answer 89

eye-brow (type of creeper)

Question 90

Vaktra-

Answer 90

face

Question 91

lakśhmi-

Answer 91

having auspicious marks, beautiful

Question 92

parīvāha-

Answer 92

watercourse, tank, royal insignia

Question 93

chalan-

Answer 93

moving, agitated

Question 94

mīna-

Answer 94

fish

Question 95

ābha-

Answer 95

shining

Question 96

lochanā-

Answer 96

eyes