Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 749 of 1000: मृत्युदारुकुठारिकामृत्यु-दारु-कुठारिका · MṛtyudārukuṭhārikāMṛtyu-dāru-kuṭhārikā
Axe To The Tree Of Death
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
the hatchet for the timber that is death
vigraha mṛtyudāruṇaḥ kuṭhārikā
The Timber That Is Death
vigraha mṛtyur eva dāru
death, dying
wood, timber, a piece of wood
a small axe, hatchet
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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