Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 749 of 1000: मृत्युदारुकुठारिकामृत्यु-दारु-कुठारिका · MṛtyudārukuṭhārikāMṛtyu-dāru-kuṭhārikā

Axe To The Tree Of Death

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Artha

What the name means

Death stands like a hardwood tree in the path, and she is the small bright axe that fells it.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ मृत्युदारुकुठारिकायै नमः

oṃ mṛtyudārukuṭhārikāyai namaḥ

om mrityudarukutharikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mṛtyudārukuṭhārikā, as part of Shloka 144. 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)singularā-stemstem: mṛtyudārukuṭhārikā
मृत्युदारुकुठारिकाmṛtyudārukuṭhārikā

the hatchet for the timber that is death

vigraha mṛtyudāruṇaḥ kuṭhārikā

मृत्युदारुmṛtyudāru

The Timber That Is Death

vigraha mṛtyur eva dāru

मृत्युmṛtyu

death, dying

दारुdāru

wood, timber, a piece of wood

कुठारिकाkuṭhārikā

a small axe, hatchet

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 144Names 746–749

भाग्याब्धिचन्द्रिका भक्तचित्तकेकिघनाघना ।

रोगपर्वतदम्भोलिर्मृत्युदारुकुठारिका ॥ १४४ ॥

bhāgyābdhicandrikā bhaktacittakekighanāghanā

rogaparvatadambholirmṛtyudārukuṭhārikā

Study the whole shloka: Moonlight, monsoon, thunderbolt, axe

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
mrityudarukutharikaom mrityudarukutharikayai namah
ITRANS
mRRityudArukuThArikAOM mRRityudArukuThArikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
mRtyudArukuThArikAOM mRtyudArukuThArikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
మృత్యుదారుకుఠారికాఓం మృత్యుదారుకుఠారికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಮೃತ್ಯುದಾರುಕುಠಾರಿಕಾಓಂ ಮೃತ್ಯುದಾರುಕುಠಾರಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
മൃത്യുദാരുകുഠാരികാഓം മൃത്യുദാരുകുഠാരികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ம்ருத்யுதா³ருகுடா²ரிகாஓம் ம்ருத்யுதா³ருகுடா²ரிகாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
મૃત્યુદારુકુઠારિકાૐ મૃત્યુદારુકુઠારિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
মৃত্যুদারুকুঠারিকাওঁ মৃত্যুদারুকুঠারিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ମୃତ୍ୟୁଦାରୁକୁଠାରିକାଓଁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁଦାରୁକୁଠାରିକାୟୈ ନମଃ