Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 771 of 1000: दुराराध्या · Durārādhyā
Hard To Propitiate
Artha
What the name means
She is not won cheaply; the worship that reaches her costs the worshipper something.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुराराध्यायै नमः
oṃ durārādhyāyai namaḥ
om duraradhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, durārādhyā, as part of Shloka 148. 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
difficult to win over
vigraha duḥkhena ārādhyā
ill, hard, with difficulty (prefix)
to be propitiated, worthy of worship
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 148Names 771–776
दुराराध्या दुराधर्षा पाटलीकुसुमप्रिया ।
महती मेरुनिलया मन्दारकुसुमप्रिया ॥ १४८ ॥
durārādhyā durādharṣā pāṭalīkusumapriyā
mahatī merunilayā mandārakusumapriyā
Study the whole shloka: Hard to approach, and fond of two particular flowers
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- duraradhyaom duraradhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- durArAdhyAOM durArAdhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- durArAdhyAOM durArAdhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దురారాధ్యాఓం దురారాధ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುರಾರಾಧ್ಯಾಓಂ ದುರಾರಾಧ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുരാരാധ്യാഓം ദുരാരാധ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ராராத்⁴யாஓம் து³ராராத்⁴யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુરારાધ્યાૐ દુરારાધ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুরারাধ্যাওঁ দুরারাধ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁରାରାଧ୍ୟାଓଁ ଦୁରାରାଧ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ