Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 446 of 1000: धृतिः · Dhṛtiḥ
Steadfastness
Artha
What the name means
She is the firmness that keeps a person from being shaken loose.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धृत्यै नमः
oṃ dhṛtyai namaḥ
om dhrityai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dhṛtiḥ, as part of Shloka 94. 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
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 94Names 442–451
कुमारगणनाथाम्बा तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मतिर्धृतिः ।
शान्तिः स्वस्तिमती कान्तिर्नन्दिनी विघ्ननाशिनी ॥ ९४ ॥
kumāragaṇanāthāmbā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmatirdhṛtiḥ
śāntiḥ svastimatī kāntirnandinī vighnanāśinī
Study the whole shloka: Mother of two sons, and then nine words for what people want
Chanted with it
- 442कुमारगणनाथाम्बाkumāragaṇanāthāmbāMother Of Kumāra And Gaṇanātha
- 443तुष्टिःtuṣṭiḥContentment
- 444पुष्टिःpuṣṭiḥNourishment
- 445मतिःmatiḥUnderstanding
- 447शान्तिःśāntiḥPeace
- 448स्वस्तिमतीsvastimatīPossessed Of Wellbeing
- 449कान्तिःkāntiḥRadiance
- 450नन्दिनीnandinīThe Delighter
- 451विघ्ननाशिनीvighnanāśinīDestroyer Of Obstacles
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dhritihom dhrityai namah
- ITRANS
- dhRRitiHOM dhRRityai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dhRtiHOM dhRtyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధృతిఃఓం ధృత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧೃತಿಃಓಂ ಧೃತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധൃതിഃഓം ധൃത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த்⁴ருதிஃஓம் த்⁴ருத்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધૃતિઃૐ ધૃત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধৃতিঃওঁ ধৃত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧୃତିଃଓଁ ଧୃତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ