Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 317 of 1000: रक्षाकरी · Rakṣākarī
Giver Of Protection
Artha
What the name means
She sets a guard around whoever turns to her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रक्षाकर्यै नमः
oṃ rakṣākaryai namaḥ
om rakshakaryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, rakṣākarī, as part of Shloka 72. 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 affords protection
vigraha rakṣāṃ karotīti rakṣākarī
protection, guarding
she who makes or provides
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 72Names 313–320
रमा राकेन्दुवदना रतिरूपा रतिप्रिया ।
रक्षाकरी राक्षसघ्नी रामा रमणलम्पटा ॥ ७२ ॥
ramā rākenduvadanā ratirūpā ratipriyā
rakṣākarī rākṣasaghnī rāmā ramaṇalampaṭā
Study the whole shloka: Fortune, the full moon, and a goddess greedy for her lover
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- rakshakariom rakshakaryai namah
- ITRANS
- rakShAkarIOM rakShAkaryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- rakSAkarIOM rakSAkaryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రక్షాకరీఓం రక్షాకర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಕ್ಷಾಕರೀಓಂ ರಕ್ಷಾಕರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രക്ഷാകരീഓം രക്ഷാകര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரக்ஷாகரீஓம் ரக்ஷாகர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રક્ષાકરીૐ રક્ષાકર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রক্ষাকরীওঁ রক্ষাকর্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରକ୍ଷାକରୀଓଁ ରକ୍ଷାକର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ