Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 337 of 1000: विधात्री · Vidhātrī
The Ordainer
Artha
What the name means
She arranges how things will fall out, doing for the world what Brahmā is credited with doing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विधात्र्यै नमः
oṃ vidhātryai namaḥ
om vidhatryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, vidhātrī, as part of Shloka 75. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Feminine of the agent noun vidhātṛ, 'disposer, creator'.
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 75Names 334–340
विश्वाधिका वेदवेद्या विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनी ।
विधात्री वेदजननी विष्णुमाया विलासिनी ॥ ७५ ॥
viśvādhikā vedavedyā vindhyācalanivāsinī
vidhātrī vedajananī viṣṇumāyā vilāsinī
Study the whole shloka: Greater than everything, and living in a particular range of hills
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vidhatriom vidhatryai namah
- ITRANS
- vidhAtrIOM vidhAtryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vidhAtrIOM vidhAtryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విధాత్రీఓం విధాత్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಧಾತ್ರೀಓಂ ವಿಧಾತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിധാത്രീഓം വിധാത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விதா⁴த்ரீஓம் விதா⁴த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિધાત્રીૐ વિધાત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিধাত্রীওঁ বিধাত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଧାତ୍ରୀଓଁ ବିଧାତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ