Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 274 of 1000: पञ्चकृत्यपरायणापञ्च-कृत्य-परायणा · PañcakṛtyaparāyaṇāPañca-kṛtya-parāyaṇā

Devoted To The Five Acts

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Artha

What the name means

Creating, preserving, withdrawing, veiling and gracing are not five occupations but her single unbroken business.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ पञ्चकृत्यपरायणायै नमः

oṃ pañcakṛtyaparāyaṇāyai namaḥ

om panchakrityaparayanayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pañcakṛtyaparāyaṇā, 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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: pañcakṛtyaparāyaṇā
पञ्चकृत्यपरायणाpañcakṛtyaparāyaṇā

she whose whole occupation is the five acts

vigraha pañca kṛtyāni parāyaṇaṃ yasyāḥ sā

पञ्चकृत्यpañcakṛtyadvigu

the five cosmic functions

vigraha pañcānāṃ kṛtyānāṃ samāhāraḥ

पञ्चpañca

five

कृत्यkṛtya

what is to be done, a function

परायणparāyaṇa

chief resort, final aim, entire devotion

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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
panchakrityaparayanaom panchakrityaparayanayai namah
ITRANS
pa~nchakRRityaparAyaNAOM pa~nchakRRityaparAyaNAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
paJcakRtyaparAyaNAOM paJcakRtyaparAyaNAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
పఞ్చకృత్యపరాయణాఓం పఞ్చకృత్యపరాయణాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಪಞ್ಚಕೃತ್ಯಪರಾಯಣಾಓಂ ಪಞ್ಚಕೃತ್ಯಪರಾಯಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
പഞ്ചകൃത്യപരായണാഓം പഞ്ചകൃത്യപരായണായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
பஞ்சக்ருத்யபராயணாஓம் பஞ்சக்ருத்யபராயணாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
પઞ્ચકૃત્યપરાયણાૐ પઞ્ચકૃત્યપરાયણાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
পঞ্চকৃত্যপরায়ণাওঁ পঞ্চকৃত্যপরায়ণায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ପଞ୍ଚକୃତ୍ୟପରାୟଣାଓଁ ପଞ୍ଚକୃତ୍ୟପରାୟଣାୟୈ ନମଃ