Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 810 of 1000: पाशहस्तापाश-हस्ता · PāśahastāPāśa-hastā
Holding The Noose
Artha
What the name means
The noose lies in her hand, the cord with which she draws her devotees toward herself and ties down whatever needs tying.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पाशहस्तायै नमः
oṃ pāśahastāyai namaḥ
om pashahastayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pāśahastā, as part of Shloka 153. 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
having a noose in her hand
vigraha pāśaḥ haste yasyāḥ sā
noose, snare, fetter
hand
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 153Names 806–812
परञ्ज्योतिः परन्धाम परमाणुः परात्परा ।
पाशहस्ता पाशहन्त्री परमन्त्रविभेदिनी ॥ १५३ ॥
parañjyotiḥ parandhāma paramāṇuḥ parātparā
pāśahastā pāśahantrī paramantravibhedinī
Study the whole shloka: Two senses of para: what lies beyond, and what comes from outside
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- pashahastaom pashahastayai namah
- ITRANS
- pAshahastAOM pAshahastAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- pAzahastAOM pAzahastAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పాశహస్తాఓం పాశహస్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪಾಶಹಸ್ತಾಓಂ ಪಾಶಹಸ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പാശഹസ്താഓം പാശഹസ്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பாஶஹஸ்தாஓம் பாஶஹஸ்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પાશહસ્તાૐ પાશહસ્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পাশহস্তাওঁ পাশহস্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପାଶହସ୍ତାଓଁ ପାଶହସ୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ