Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 696 of 1000: दैत्यशमनीदैत्य-शमनी · DaityaśamanīDaitya-śamanī
Queller Of The Demons
Artha
What the name means
The sons of Diti are put down by her whenever they press too far.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दैत्यशमन्यै नमः
oṃ daityaśamanyai namaḥ
om daityashamanyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, daityaśamanī, as part of Shloka 136. 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 subdues the demons
vigraha daityān śamayatīti
a son of Diti, a demon
calming, quelling, destroying
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 136Names 695–700
दीक्षिता दैत्यशमनी सर्वलोकवशङ्करी ।
सर्वार्थदात्री सावित्री सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणी ॥ १३६ ॥
dīkṣitā daityaśamanī sarvalokavaśaṅkarī
sarvārthadātrī sāvitrī saccidānandarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: Consecration, the quelling of demons, and being itself
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- daityashamaniom daityashamanyai namah
- ITRANS
- daityashamanIOM daityashamanyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- daityazamanIOM daityazamanyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దైత్యశమనీఓం దైత్యశమన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದೈತ್ಯಶಮನೀಓಂ ದೈತ್ಯಶಮನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദൈത്യശമനീഓം ദൈത്യശമന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- தை³த்யஶமனீஓம் தை³த்யஶமன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દૈત્યશમનીૐ દૈત્યશમન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দৈত্যশমনীওঁ দৈত্যশমন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୈତ୍ୟଶମନୀଓଁ ଦୈତ୍ୟଶମନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ