Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 193 of 1000: दुष्टदूरादुष्ट-दूरा · DuṣṭadūrāDuṣṭa-dūrā
Far From The Wicked
Artha
What the name means
She keeps her distance from the corrupt, who never find her however close they stand.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुष्टदूरायै नमः
oṃ duṣṭadūrāyai namaḥ
om dushtadurayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, duṣṭadūrā, as part of Shloka 51. 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
Taken here as an ablative tatpuruṣa; it is also read as a bahuvrīhi, 'she from whom the wicked are held far off'.
distant from the wicked
vigraha duṣṭebhyaḥ dūrā
spoilt, corrupt, wicked
far off, distant
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 51Names 193–198
दुष्टदूरा दुराचारशमनी दोषवर्जिता ।
सर्वज्ञा सान्द्रकरुणा समानाधिकवर्जिता ॥ ५१ ॥
duṣṭadūrā durācāraśamanī doṣavarjitā
sarvajñā sāndrakaruṇā samānādhikavarjitā
Study the whole shloka: Thick compassion
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dushtaduraom dushtadurayai namah
- ITRANS
- duShTadUrAOM duShTadUrAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- duSTadUrAOM duSTadUrAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దుష్టదూరాఓం దుష్టదూరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುಷ್ಟದೂರಾಓಂ ದುಷ್ಟದೂರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുഷ്ടദൂരാഓം ദുഷ്ടദൂരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ஷ்டதூ³ராஓம் து³ஷ்டதூ³ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુષ્ટદૂરાૐ દુષ્ટદૂરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুষ্টদূরাওঁ দুষ্টদূরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁଷ୍ଟଦୂରାଓଁ ଦୁଷ୍ଟଦୂରାୟୈ ନମଃ