Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 189 of 1000: दुर्गमा · Durgamā
Hard To Approach
Artha
What the name means
The way to her is rough going, and not many walk it to the end.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुर्गमायै नमः
oṃ durgamāyai namaḥ
om durgamayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, durgamā, 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 traverse
vigraha duḥkhena gamyate iti
hard, difficult
going, the traversing of a way
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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
- durgamaom durgamayai namah
- ITRANS
- durgamAOM durgamAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- durgamAOM durgamAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దుర్గమాఓం దుర్గమాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುರ್ಗಮಾಓಂ ದುರ್ಗಮಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുര്ഗമാഓം ദുര്ഗമായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ர்க³மாஓம் து³ர்க³மாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુર્ગમાૐ દુર્ગમાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুর্গমাওঁ দুর্গমায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁର୍ଗମାଓଁ ଦୁର୍ଗମାୟୈ ନମଃ