Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 114 of 1000: भवारण्यकुठारिकाभवारण्य-कुठारिका · BhavāraṇyakuṭhārikāBhavāraṇya-kuṭhārikā

Axe To The Forest Of Existence

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Artha

What the name means

Worldly life grows as thick as a forest, and she is the hatchet taken to its trunks.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ भवारण्यकुठारिकायै नमः

oṃ bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikāyai namaḥ

om bhavaranyakutharikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā, as part of Shloka 41. 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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā
भवारण्यकुठारिकाbhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā

the axe for the forest of worldly existence

vigraha bhavāraṇyasya kuṭhārikā

भवारण्यbhavāraṇya

the forest that is worldly existence

vigraha bhava eva araṇyam

भवbhava

becoming, the round of worldly existence

अरण्यaraṇya

a forest, a trackless wilderness

कुठारिकाkuṭhārikā

a small axe, a hatchet

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 41Names 112–117

भवानी भावनागम्या भवारण्यकुठारिका ।

भद्रप्रिया भद्रमूर्तिर्भक्तसौभाग्यदायिनी ॥ ४१ ॥

bhavānī bhāvanāgamyā bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikā

bhadrapriyā bhadramūrtirbhaktasaubhāgyadāyinī

Study the whole shloka: The axe laid to the forest of becoming

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
bhavaranyakutharikaom bhavaranyakutharikayai namah
ITRANS
bhavAraNyakuThArikAOM bhavAraNyakuThArikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
bhavAraNyakuThArikAOM bhavAraNyakuThArikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
భవారణ్యకుఠారికాఓం భవారణ్యకుఠారికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಭವಾರಣ್ಯಕುಠಾರಿಕಾಓಂ ಭವಾರಣ್ಯಕುಠಾರಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ഭവാരണ്യകുഠാരികാഓം ഭവാരണ്യകുഠാരികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ப⁴வாரண்யகுடா²ரிகாஓம் ப⁴வாரண்யகுடா²ரிகாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
ભવારણ્યકુઠારિકાૐ ભવારણ્યકુઠારિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
ভবারণ্যকুঠারিকাওঁ ভবারণ্যকুঠারিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଭବାରଣ୍ୟକୁଠାରିକାଓଁ ଭବାରଣ୍ୟକୁଠାରିକାୟୈ ନମଃ