Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 268 of 1000: संहारिणी · Saṃhāriṇī
She Who Withdraws
Artha
What the name means
The third act is retraction, drawing the worlds back into herself the way a breath is taken in.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ संहारिण्यै नमः
oṃ saṃhāriṇyai namaḥ
om samharinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, saṃhāriṇī, as part of Shloka 64. 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
agent noun in -in from sam-√hṛ, 'to draw together, withdraw'; a prefixed verbal, not a compound
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 64Names 268–274
संहारिणी रुद्ररूपा तिरोधानकरीश्वरी ।
सदाशिवाऽनुग्रहदा पञ्चकृत्यपरायणा ॥ ६४ ॥
saṃhāriṇī rudrarūpā tirodhānakarīśvarī
sadāśivā'nugrahadā pañcakṛtyaparāyaṇā
Study the whole shloka: The five acts, and the last of them is grace
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- samhariniom samharinyai namah
- ITRANS
- saMhAriNIOM saMhAriNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- saMhAriNIOM saMhAriNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- సంహారిణీఓం సంహారిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸಂಹಾರಿಣೀಓಂ ಸಂಹಾರಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സംഹാരിണീഓം സംഹാരിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸம்ஹாரிணீஓம் ஸம்ஹாரிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સંહારિણીૐ સંહારિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- সংহারিণীওঁ সংহারিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସଂହାରିଣୀଓଁ ସଂହାରିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ