Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 556 of 1000: कात्यायनी · Kātyāyanī
Kātyāyanī
Artha
What the name means
Under this old name of Durgā, formed from the lineage of the sage Kata, she is remembered as the fierce daughter born of the gods' combined anger.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कात्यायन्यै नमः
oṃ kātyāyanyai namaḥ
om katyayanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kātyāyanī, as part of Shloka 113. 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
A patronymic-based name, not a compound; the feminine of Kātyāyana.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 113Names 553–558
अग्रगण्याऽचिन्त्यरूपा कलिकल्मषनाशिनी ।
कात्यायनी कालहन्त्री कमलाक्षनिषेविता ॥ ११३ ॥
agragaṇyā'cintyarūpā kalikalmaṣanāśinī
kātyāyanī kālahantrī kamalākṣaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: First in the reckoning, unthinkable in form, and the slayer of Time
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- katyayaniom katyayanyai namah
- ITRANS
- kAtyAyanIOM kAtyAyanyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAtyAyanIOM kAtyAyanyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కాత్యాయనీఓం కాత్యాయన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನೀಓಂ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാത്യായനീഓം കാത്യായന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காத்யாயனீஓம் காத்யாயன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કાત્યાયનીૐ કાત્યાયન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কাত্যায়নীওঁ কাত্যায়ন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାତ୍ୟାୟନୀଓଁ କାତ୍ୟାୟନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ