Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 598 of 1000: दाक्षायणी · Dākṣāyaṇī
Daughter Of Dakṣa
Artha
What the name means
She is Satī, born to the patriarch Dakṣa and married to Śiva against her father's will.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दाक्षायण्यै नमः
oṃ dākṣāyaṇyai namaḥ
om dakshayanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dākṣāyaṇī, as part of Shloka 120. 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 feminine formed from Dakṣa; not a compound.
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 120Names 595–600
हृदयस्था रविप्रख्या त्रिकोणान्तरदीपिका ।
दाक्षायणी दैत्यहन्त्री दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी ॥ १२० ॥
hṛdayasthā raviprakhyā trikoṇāntaradīpikā
dākṣāyaṇī daityahantrī dakṣayajñavināśinī
Study the whole shloka: Sun in the heart, lamp in the triangle, Dakṣa's ruined rite
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dakshayaniom dakshayanyai namah
- ITRANS
- dAkShAyaNIOM dAkShAyaNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dAkSAyaNIOM dAkSAyaNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దాక్షాయణీఓం దాక్షాయణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದಾಕ್ಷಾಯಣೀಓಂ ದಾಕ್ಷಾಯಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദാക്ഷായണീഓം ദാക്ഷായണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தா³க்ஷாயணீஓம் தா³க்ஷாயண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દાક્ષાયણીૐ દાક્ષાયણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দাক্ষায়ণীওঁ দাক্ষায়ণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦାକ୍ଷାୟଣୀଓଁ ଦାକ୍ଷାୟଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ