Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 742 of 1000: भवदावसुधावृष्टिःभव-दाव-सुधा-वृष्टिः · BhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭiḥBhava-dāva-sudhā-vṛṣṭiḥ

Nectar-Rain On The Wildfire Of Existence

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Artha

What the name means

Worldly life burns like a forest fire, and she falls on it as a downpour of nectar.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ भवदावसुधावृष्ट्यै नमः

oṃ bhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭyai namaḥ

om bhavadavasudhavrishtyai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭiḥ, as part of Shloka 143. 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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Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singulari-stemstem: bhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭi
भवदावसुधावृष्टिःbhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭiḥ

a shower of nectar upon the forest fire of becoming

vigraha bhavadāvāya sudhāvṛṣṭiḥ

भवदावbhavadāva

The Wildfire Of Becoming

vigraha bhava eva dāvaḥ

भवbhava

coming into being, worldly existence

दावdāva

a forest conflagration

सुधावृष्टिsudhāvṛṣṭi

Rain Of Nectar

vigraha sudhāyā vṛṣṭiḥ

सुधाsudhā

nectar, the drink of the gods

वृष्टिvṛṣṭi

rain, a shower

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 143Names 742–745

भवदावसुधावृष्टिः पापारण्यदवानला ।

दौर्भाग्यतूलवातूला जराध्वान्तरविप्रभा ॥ १४३ ॥

bhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭiḥ pāpāraṇyadavānalā

daurbhāgyatūlavātūlā jarādhvāntaraviprabhā

Study the whole shloka: Rain on the fire of becoming, fire in the forest of sin

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
bhavadavasudhavrishtihom bhavadavasudhavrishtyai namah
ITRANS
bhavadAvasudhAvRRiShTiHOM bhavadAvasudhAvRRiShTyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
bhavadAvasudhAvRSTiHOM bhavadAvasudhAvRSTyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
భవదావసుధావృష్టిఃఓం భవదావసుధావృష్ట్యై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಭವದಾವಸುಧಾವೃಷ್ಟಿಃಓಂ ಭವದಾವಸುಧಾವೃಷ್ಟ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ഭവദാവസുധാവൃഷ്ടിഃഓം ഭവദാവസുധാവൃഷ്ട്യൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ப⁴வதா³வஸுதா⁴வ்ருஷ்டிஃஓம் ப⁴வதா³வஸுதா⁴வ்ருஷ்ட்யை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
ભવદાવસુધાવૃષ્ટિઃૐ ભવદાવસુધાવૃષ્ટ્યૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
ভবদাবসুধাবৃষ্টিঃওঁ ভবদাবসুধাবৃষ্ট্যৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଭବଦାବସୁଧାବୃଷ୍ଟିଃଓଁ ଭବଦାବସୁଧାବୃଷ୍ଟ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ