Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 181 of 1000: मृत्युमथनीमृत्यु-मथनी · MṛtyumathanīMṛtyu-mathanī
Crusher Of Death
Artha
What the name means
She grinds death down, which is in the end what her worshippers are asking her for.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ मृत्युमथन्यै नमः
oṃ mṛtyumathanyai namaḥ
om mrityumathanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mṛtyumathanī, as part of Shloka 49. 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 crushes death
vigraha mṛtyuṃ mathnāti iti
death, dying
churning, rubbing away, crushing
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 49Names 176–183
निर्विकल्पा निराबाधा निर्भेदा भेदनाशिनी ।
निर्नाशा मृत्युमथनी निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहा ॥ ४९ ॥
nirvikalpā nirābādhā nirbhedā bhedanāśinī
nirnāśā mṛtyumathanī niṣkriyā niṣparigrahā
Study the whole shloka: No division, no death, no act
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mrityumathaniom mrityumathanyai namah
- ITRANS
- mRRityumathanIOM mRRityumathanyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mRtyumathanIOM mRtyumathanyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మృత్యుమథనీఓం మృత్యుమథన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮೃತ್ಯುಮಥನೀಓಂ ಮೃತ್ಯುಮಥನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മൃത്യുമഥനീഓം മൃത്യുമഥന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ம்ருத்யுமத²னீஓம் ம்ருத்யுமத²ன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મૃત્યુમથનીૐ મૃત્યુમથન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মৃত্যুমথনীওঁ মৃত্যুমথন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମୃତ୍ୟୁମଥନୀଓଁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁମଥନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ