Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 599 of 1000: दैत्यहन्त्रीदैत्य-हन्त्री · DaityahantrīDaitya-hantrī
Slayer Of The Demons
Artha
What the name means
The sons of Diti, who set themselves against the ordered world, meet their end at her hand.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दैत्यहन्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ daityahantryai namaḥ
om daityahantryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, daityahantrī, 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
she who strikes down the Daityas
vigraha daityān hantīti
a son of Diti, a demon
she who strikes down or slays
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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
- daityahantriom daityahantryai namah
- ITRANS
- daityahantrIOM daityahantryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- daityahantrIOM daityahantryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దైత్యహన్త్రీఓం దైత్యహన్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದೈತ್ಯಹನ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ದೈತ್ಯಹನ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദൈത്യഹന്ത്രീഓം ദൈത്യഹന്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தை³த்யஹந்த்ரீஓம் தை³த்யஹந்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દૈત્યહન્ત્રીૐ દૈત્યહન્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দৈত্যহন্ত্রীওঁ দৈত্যহন্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୈତ୍ୟହନ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ଦୈତ୍ୟହନ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ