Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 361 of 1000: तमोपहा · Tamopahā
Remover Of Darkness
Artha
What the name means
She drives off the dark, both the dark one cannot see through and the dullness one cannot think through.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ तमोपहायै नमः
oṃ tamopahāyai namaḥ
om tamopahayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, tamopahā, as part of Shloka 79. 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 takes away darkness
vigraha tamo 'pahantīti tamopahā
darkness, gloom, the inertia that dulls the mind
driving off, removing
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 79Names 357–361
तापत्रयाग्निसन्तप्तसमाह्लादनचन्द्रिका ।
तरुणी तापसाराध्या तनुमध्या तमोऽपहा ॥ ७९ ॥
tāpatrayāgnisantaptasamāhlādanacandrikā
taruṇī tāpasārādhyā tanumadhyā tamo'pahā
Study the whole shloka: Moonlight on scorched ground, and the dark driven off
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- tamopahaom tamopahayai namah
- ITRANS
- tamopahAOM tamopahAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- tamopahAOM tamopahAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- తమోపహాఓం తమోపహాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ತಮೋಪಹಾಓಂ ತಮೋಪಹಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- തമോപഹാഓം തമോപഹായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தமோபஹாஓம் தமோபஹாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- તમોપહાૐ તમોપહાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- তমোপহাওঁ তমোপহায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ତମୋପହାଓଁ ତମୋପହାୟୈ ନମଃ