Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 159 of 1000: मदनाशिनीमद-नाशिनी · MadanāśinīMada-nāśinī
Destroyer Of Pride
Artha
What the name means
She ends the drunkenness of self-regard in anyone who stands close enough to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मदनाशिन्यै नमः
oṃ madanāśinyai namaḥ
om madanashinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, madanāśinī, as part of Shloka 46. 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
she who destroys intoxication and pride
vigraha madaṃ nāśayati iti
intoxication, arrogance
destroying, doing away with
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 46Names 152–159
निष्कारणा निष्कलङ्का निरुपाधिर्निरीश्वरा ।
नीरागा रागमथनी निर्मदा मदनाशिनी ॥ ४६ ॥
niṣkāraṇā niṣkalaṅkā nirupādhirnirīśvarā
nīrāgā rāgamathanī nirmadā madanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Without a cause, without a master
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- madanashiniom madanashinyai namah
- ITRANS
- madanAshinIOM madanAshinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- madanAzinIOM madanAzinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మదనాశినీఓం మదనాశిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮದನಾಶಿನೀಓಂ ಮದನಾಶಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മദനാശിനീഓം മദനാശിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மத³நாஶினீஓம் மத³நாஶின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મદનાશિનીૐ મદનાશિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মদনাশিনীওঁ মদনাশিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମଦନାଶିନୀଓଁ ମଦନାଶିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ