Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 632: Shri Sindura tilakancita (ōṃ sindūratilakāñcitāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother shines with a Vermillion mark on Her forehead. She is decorated with special paste/solution made of Vermillion. 

The Divine Mother wears a vermilion tilak mark on Her forehead; which is reddish in colour; it is called Sinduram. Wherever there is beauty, we see the Divine Mother’s presence. When we improve through our efforts natural beauty, further it is a form of worship to the Divine Mother. The divine deities’ beauties are further glorified with such as Sandal wood paste; to express such worshipping well are one form of prayers to the Divine Mother. 

Sindura tilak refers to female aspect; the Namam means that the ladies are to be celebrated well for prosperity of the families. 

Sindura tilakcita can also mean that She is an elephant and woman (whose husband is living); ancita can mean, “One who is worthy of worship among elephants and women especially with slow and graceful gait resembling that of an elephant.” 

The Puranas celebrate the stories of many beautiful women such as Rukmini who worshipped he Divine Mother and through Her grace gained their desired husbands.

The Divine Mother shines with a Vermillion mark in Her forehead.

 

C N Nachiiappun

Singapore, 18 October 2021.

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.       The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar