Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 194 of 1000: दुराचारशमनीदुराचार-शमनी · DurācāraśamanīDurācāra-śamanī
Queller Of Bad Conduct
Artha
What the name means
She quiets evil habits down instead of punishing them, so that they simply stop.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुराचारशमन्यै नमः
oṃ durācāraśamanyai namaḥ
om duracharashamanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, durācāraśamanī, 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
she who allays bad conduct
vigraha durācāraṃ śamayati iti
bad conduct
vigraha duṣṭaḥ ācāraḥ
bad, ill
conduct, customary behaviour
calming, allaying, putting an end to
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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
- duracharashamaniom duracharashamanyai namah
- ITRANS
- durAchArashamanIOM durAchArashamanyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- durAcArazamanIOM durAcArazamanyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దురాచారశమనీఓం దురాచారశమన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುರಾಚಾರಶಮನೀಓಂ ದುರಾಚಾರಶಮನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുരാചാരശമനീഓം ദുരാചാരശമന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ராசாரஶமனீஓம் து³ராசாரஶமன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુરાચારશમનીૐ દુરાચારશમન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুরাচারশমনীওঁ দুরাচারশমন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁରାଚାରଶମନୀଓଁ ଦୁରାଚାରଶମନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ