Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 214 of 1000: महापातकनाशिनीमहा-पातक-नाशिनी · MahāpātakanāśinīMahā-pātaka-nāśinī
Destroyer Of Great Sins
Artha
What the name means
Even the crimes that no expiation covers are burned away in her presence.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महापातकनाशिन्यै नमः
oṃ mahāpātakanāśinyai namaḥ
om mahapatakanashinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāpātakanāśinī, as part of Shloka 54. 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 destroys the great sins
vigraha mahāpātakāni nāśayatīti mahāpātakanāśinī
a mortal sin
vigraha mahac ca tat pātakaṃ ca
great, grievous
that which makes one fall, sin, crime
destroying, doing away with
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 54Names 212–218
महारूपा महापूज्या महापातकनाशिनी ।
महामाया महासत्त्वा महाशक्तिर्महारतिः ॥ ५४ ॥
mahārūpā mahāpūjyā mahāpātakanāśinī
mahāmāyā mahāsattvā mahāśaktirmahāratiḥ
Study the whole shloka: Seven great-names, from mortal sin to the great delight
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahapatakanashiniom mahapatakanashinyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahApAtakanAshinIOM mahApAtakanAshinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahApAtakanAzinIOM mahApAtakanAzinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాపాతకనాశినీఓం మహాపాతకనాశిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಪಾತಕನಾಶಿನೀಓಂ ಮಹಾಪಾತಕನಾಶಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാപാതകനാശിനീഓം മഹാപാതകനാശിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாபாதகநாஶினீஓம் மஹாபாதகநாஶின்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાપાતકનાશિનીૐ મહાપાતકનાશિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাপাতকনাশিনীওঁ মহাপাতকনাশিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାପାତକନାଶିନୀଓଁ ମହାପାତକନାଶିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ