Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 188 of 1000: दुर्लभा · Durlabhā
Hard To Obtain
Artha
What the name means
She is not easily got hold of, and the difficulty is part of what she is rather than an obstacle in front of her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुर्लभायै नमः
oṃ durlabhāyai namaḥ
om durlabhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, durlabhā, as part of Shloka 50. 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
difficult to obtain
vigraha duḥkhena labhyate iti
hard, difficult, ill
the obtaining, the getting of a thing
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 50Names 184–192
निस्तुला नीलचिकुरा निरपाया निरत्यया ।
दुर्लभा दुर्गमा दुर्गा दुःखहन्त्री सुखप्रदा ॥ ५० ॥
nistulā nīlacikurā nirapāyā niratyayā
durlabhā durgamā durgā duḥkhahantrī sukhapradā
Study the whole shloka: The end of the negations, and Durgā
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- durlabhaom durlabhayai namah
- ITRANS
- durlabhAOM durlabhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- durlabhAOM durlabhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దుర్లభాఓం దుర్లభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುರ್ಲಭಾಓಂ ದುರ್ಲಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുര്ലഭാഓം ദുര്ലഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ர்லபா⁴ஓம் து³ர்லபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુર્લભાૐ દુર્લભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুর্লভাওঁ দুর্লভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁର୍ଲଭାଓଁ ଦୁର୍ଲଭାୟୈ ନମଃ