Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 581 of 1000: दयामूर्तिःदया-मूर्तिः · DayāmūrtiḥDayā-mūrtiḥ

Compassion Given A Body

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Artha

What the name means

Pity does not merely belong to her; it has taken shape and become her outline.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ दयामूर्त्यै नमः

oṃ dayāmūrtyai namaḥ

om dayamurtyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dayāmūrtiḥ, as part of Shloka 117. 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

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singulari-stemstem: dayāmūrti
दयामूर्तिःdayāmūrtiḥ

the embodiment that is compassion itself

vigraha dayaiva mūrtiḥ

दयाdayā

sympathy, compassion, pity

मूर्तिmūrti

solid form, embodiment, image

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 117Names 578–582

महाकैलासनिलया मृणालमृदुदोर्लता ।

महनीया दयामूर्तिर्महासाम्राज्यशालिनी ॥ ११७ ॥

mahākailāsanilayā mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā

mahanīyā dayāmūrtirmahāsāmrājyaśālinī

Study the whole shloka: Soft arms on the great mountain, and an empire

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
dayamurtihom dayamurtyai namah
ITRANS
dayAmUrtiHOM dayAmUrtyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
dayAmUrtiHOM dayAmUrtyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
దయామూర్తిఃఓం దయామూర్త్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ದಯಾಮೂರ್ತಿಃಓಂ ದಯಾಮೂರ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ദയാമൂര്തിഃഓം ദയാമൂര്ത്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
த³யாமூர்திஃஓம் த³யாமூர்த்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
દયામૂર્તિઃૐ દયામૂર્ત્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
দয়ামূর্তিঃওঁ দয়ামূর্ত্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଦୟାମୂର୍ତିଃଓଁ ଦୟାମୂର୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ