Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 568 of 1000: नियन्त्री · Niyantrī
The Governess
Artha
What the name means
She holds the reins, restraining and directing as a charioteer does an unruly team.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ नियन्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ niyantryai namaḥ
om niyantryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, niyantrī, as part of Shloka 115. 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
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 115Names 566–571
नित्यतृप्ता भक्तनिधिर्नियन्त्री निखिलेश्वरी ।
मैत्र्यादिवासनालभ्या महाप्रलयसाक्षिणी ॥ ११५ ॥
nityatṛptā bhaktanidhirniyantrī nikhileśvarī
maitryādivāsanālabhyā mahāpralayasākṣiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Needing nothing, reached by goodwill, watching the end
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- niyantriom niyantryai namah
- ITRANS
- niyantrIOM niyantryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- niyantrIOM niyantryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నియన్త్రీఓం నియన్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿಯನ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ನಿಯನ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിയന്ത്രീഓം നിയന്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நியந்த்ரீஓம் நியந்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિયન્ત્રીૐ નિયન્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিয়ন্ত্রীওঁ নিয়ন্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ