Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 175 of 1000: भवनाशिनीभव-नाशिनी · BhavanāśinīBhava-nāśinī
Destroyer Of Worldly Existence
Artha
What the name means
For those who ask it of her she brings the round of becoming to a close.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ भवनाशिन्यै नमः
oṃ bhavanāśinyai namaḥ
om bhavanashinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhavanāśinī, as part of Shloka 48. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who destroys worldly existence
vigraha bhavaṃ nāśayati iti
becoming, the round of worldly existence
destroying, doing away with
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 48Names 168–175
निष्क्रोधा क्रोधशमनी निर्लोभा लोभनाशिनी ।
निःसंशया संशयघ्नी निर्भवा भवनाशिनी ॥ ४८ ॥
niṣkrodhā krodhaśamanī nirlobhā lobhanāśinī
niḥsaṃśayā saṃśayaghnī nirbhavā bhavanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Anger, greed, doubt, and becoming
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bhavanashiniom bhavanashinyai namah
- ITRANS
- bhavanAshinIOM bhavanAshinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bhavanAzinIOM bhavanAzinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- భవనాశినీఓం భవనాశిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಭವನಾಶಿನೀಓಂ ಭವನಾಶಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഭവനാശിനീഓം ഭവനാശിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப⁴வநாஶினீஓம் ப⁴வநாஶின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ભવનાશિનીૐ ભવનાશિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ভবনাশিনীওঁ ভবনাশিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଭବନାଶିନୀଓଁ ଭବନାଶିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ