Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 114 of 1000: भवारण्यकुठारिकाभवारण्य-कुठारिका · BhavāraṇyakuṭhārikāBhavāraṇya-kuṭhārikā
Axe To The Forest Of Existence
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
the axe for the forest of worldly existence
vigraha bhavāraṇyasya kuṭhārikā
the forest that is worldly existence
vigraha bhava eva araṇyam
becoming, the round of worldly existence
a forest, a trackless wilderness
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