Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 759 of 1000: विश्वधारिणीविश्व-धारिणी · ViśvadhāriṇīViśva-dhāriṇī
Upholder Of The Universe
Artha
What the name means
She carries the whole world, and it stays in being only because she keeps holding it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वधारिण्यै नमः
oṃ viśvadhāriṇyai namaḥ
om vishvadharinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvadhāriṇī, as part of Shloka 146. 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 bears up the universe
vigraha viśvaṃ dhārayatīti viśvadhāriṇī
all, entire; the universe
bearing, supporting, sustaining
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 146Names 757–763
क्षराक्षरात्मिका सर्वलोकेशी विश्वधारिणी ।
त्रिवर्गदात्री सुभगा त्र्यम्बका त्रिगुणात्मिका ॥ १४६ ॥
kṣarākṣarātmikā sarvalokeśī viśvadhāriṇī
trivargadātrī subhagā tryambakā triguṇātmikā
Study the whole shloka: Perishable and imperishable, and a line built out of threes
Chanted with it
- 757क्षराक्षरात्मिकाkṣarākṣarātmikāWhose Being Is Perishable And Imperishable
- 758सर्वलोकेशीsarvalokeśīRuler Of All The Worlds
- 760त्रिवर्गदात्रीtrivargadātrīGiver Of The Three Aims
- 761सुभगाsubhagāBlessed With Every Good Fortune
- 762त्र्यम्बकाtryambakāThree-Eyed
- 763त्रिगुणात्मिकाtriguṇātmikāWhose Nature Is The Three Strands
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvadhariniom vishvadharinyai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvadhAriNIOM vishvadhAriNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvadhAriNIOM vizvadhAriNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వధారిణీఓం విశ్వధారిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಧಾರಿಣೀಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಧಾರಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വധാരിണീഓം വിശ്വധാരിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வதா⁴ரிணீஓம் விஶ்வதா⁴ரிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વધારિણીૐ વિશ્વધારિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বধারিণীওঁ বিশ্বধারিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱଧାରିଣୀଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱଧାରିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ