Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 772 of 1000: दुराधर्षा · Durādharṣā
Not To Be Assailed
Artha
What the name means
No one can come at her by force, and whoever tries is the one who breaks.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ दुराधर्षायै नमः
oṃ durādharṣāyai namaḥ
om duradharshayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, durādharṣā, 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 attack
vigraha duḥkhena ādhraṣṭuṃ śakyā
ill, hard, with difficulty (prefix)
assailable, liable to be attacked
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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
- duradharshaom duradharshayai namah
- ITRANS
- durAdharShAOM durAdharShAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- durAdharSAOM durAdharSAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- దురాధర్షాఓం దురాధర్షాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ದುರಾಧರ್ಷಾಓಂ ದುರಾಧರ್ಷಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ദുരാധര്ഷാഓം ദുരാധര്ഷായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- து³ராத⁴ர்ஷாஓம் து³ராத⁴ர்ஷாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- દુરાધર્ષાૐ દુરાધર્ષાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- দুরাধর্ষাওঁ দুরাধর্ষায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଦୁରାଧର୍ଷାଓଁ ଦୁରାଧର୍ଷାୟୈ ନମଃ