Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 165 of 1000: ममताहन्त्रीममता-हन्त्री · MamatāhantrīMamatā-hantrī
Slayer Of Possessiveness
Artha
What the name means
She kills the sense of ownership outright rather than arguing anyone out of it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ ममताहन्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ mamatāhantryai namaḥ
om mamatahantryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mamatāhantrī, 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
hantrī is the feminine of the agent noun hantṛ, 'slayer'.
she who slays the sense of 'mine'
vigraha mamatāṃ hanti iti
the state of 'mine', self-interest, possessiveness
a slayer, one who strikes down
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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
- mamatahantriom mamatahantryai namah
- ITRANS
- mamatAhantrIOM mamatAhantryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mamatAhantrIOM mamatAhantryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మమతాహన్త్రీఓం మమతాహన్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಮತಾಹನ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಮಮತಾಹನ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മമതാഹന്ത്രീഓം മമതാഹന്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மமதாஹந்த்ரீஓம் மமதாஹந்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મમતાહન્ત્રીૐ મમતાહન્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মমতাহন্ত্রীওঁ মমতাহন্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମମତାହନ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ମମତାହନ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ