Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 478 of 1000: खट्वाङ्गादिप्रहरणाखट्वाङ्गादि-प्रहरणा · KhaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇāKhaṭvāṅgādi-praharaṇā

Armed With The Skull-Staff And More

Artha

What the name means

She carries the skull-topped club and the other weapons that belong with it.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ खट्वाङ्गादिप्रहरणायै नमः

oṃ khaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇāyai namaḥ

om khatvangadipraharanayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, khaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇā, as part of Shloka 98. 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.

ChantShloka 98, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: khaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇā

खट्वाङ्गादिप्रहरणाkhaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇā

she whose weapons are the skull-staff and the rest

vigraha khaṭvāṅgādīni praharaṇāni yasyāḥ sā

खट्वाङ्गादिkhaṭvāṅgādi

The Skull-Staff And The Rest

vigraha khaṭvāṅgam ādir yeṣāṃ tāni

खट्वाङ्गkhaṭvāṅga

Club Shaped Like A Bedstead Leg

vigraha khaṭvāyā aṅgam

खट्वाkhaṭvā

bedstead, cot

अङ्गaṅga

limb, leg

आदिādi

the first of a series, and so on

प्रहरणpraharaṇa

weapon, means of striking

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 98Names 475–479

विशुद्धिचक्रनिलयाऽऽरक्तवर्णा त्रिलोचना ।

खट्वाङ्गादिप्रहरणा वदनैकसमन्विता ॥ ९८ ॥

viśuddhicakranilayā''raktavarṇā trilocanā

khaṭvāṅgādipraharaṇā vadanaikasamanvitā

Study the whole shloka: Ḍākinī at the throat, three-eyed and armed

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: khatvangadipraharanaom khatvangadipraharanayai namah
ITRANS: khaTvA~NgAdipraharaNAOM khaTvA~NgAdipraharaNAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: khaTvAGgAdipraharaNAOM khaTvAGgAdipraharaNAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: ఖట్వాఙ్గాదిప్రహరణాఓం ఖట్వాఙ్గాదిప్రహరణాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಖಟ್ವಾಙ್ಗಾದಿಪ್ರಹರಣಾಓಂ ಖಟ್ವಾಙ್ಗಾದಿಪ್ರಹರಣಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: ഖട്വാങ്ഗാദിപ്രഹരണാഓം ഖട്വാങ്ഗാദിപ്രഹരണായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: க²ட்வாங்கா³தி³ப்ரஹரணாஓம் க²ட்வாங்கா³தி³ப்ரஹரணாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: ખટ્વાઙ્ગાદિપ્રહરણાૐ ખટ્વાઙ્ગાદિપ્રહરણાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: খট্বাঙ্গাদিপ্রহরণাওঁ খট্বাঙ্গাদিপ্রহরণায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ଖଟ୍ୱାଙ୍ଗାଦିପ୍ରହରଣାଓଁ ଖଟ୍ୱାଙ୍ଗାଦିପ୍ରହରଣାୟୈ ନମଃ