Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 163 of 1000: मोहनाशिनीमोह-नाशिनी · MohanāśinīMoha-nāśinī
Destroyer Of Delusion
Artha
What the name means
She burns the fog off those who turn toward her and leaves them able to see.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मोहनाशिन्यै नमः
oṃ mohanāśinyai namaḥ
om mohanashinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mohanāśinī, as part of Shloka 47. 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 delusion
vigraha mohaṃ nāśayati iti
bewilderment, delusion
destroying, doing away with
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 47Names 160–167
निश्चिन्ता निरहङ्कारा निर्मोहा मोहनाशिनी ।
निर्ममा ममताहन्त्री निष्पापा पापनाशिनी ॥ ४७ ॥
niścintā nirahaṅkārā nirmohā mohanāśinī
nirmamā mamatāhantrī niṣpāpā pāpanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Without I, without mine
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mohanashiniom mohanashinyai namah
- ITRANS
- mohanAshinIOM mohanAshinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mohanAzinIOM mohanAzinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మోహనాశినీఓం మోహనాశిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೋಹನಾಶಿನೀಓಂ ಮೋಹನಾಶಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മോഹനാശിനീഓം മോഹനാശിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மோஹநாஶினீஓம் மோஹநாஶின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મોહનાશિનીૐ મોહનાશિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মোহনাশিনীওঁ মোহনাশিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୋହନାଶିନୀଓଁ ମୋହନାଶିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ