Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 557 of 1000: कालहन्त्रीकाल-हन्त्री · KālahantrīKāla-hantrī
Slayer Of Time
Artha
What the name means
Time, which carries everything else away, is itself brought to an end by her.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ कालहन्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ kālahantryai namaḥ
om kalahantryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, kālahantrī, 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
she who destroys Time
vigraha kālaṃ hantīti
time; death personified
she who strikes down or slays
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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
- kalahantriom kalahantryai namah
- ITRANS
- kAlahantrIOM kAlahantryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- kAlahantrIOM kAlahantryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కాలహన్త్రీఓం కాలహన్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕಾಲಹನ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಕಾಲಹನ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കാലഹന്ത്രീഓം കാലഹന്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- காலஹந்த்ரீஓம் காலஹந்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કાલહન્ત્રીૐ કાલહન્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- কালহন্ত্রীওঁ কালহন্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କାଲହନ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ କାଲହନ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ