Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 811 of 1000: पाशहन्त्रीपाश-हन्त्री · PāśahantrīPāśa-hantrī
Destroyer Of The Noose
Artha
What the name means
The same hand that holds the noose severs it, and the bondage tying a soul to its own narrowness falls away.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ पाशहन्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ pāśahantryai namaḥ
om pashahantryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, pāśahantrī, 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
slayer of the noose
vigraha pāśaṃ hanti iti pāśahantrī
noose, bond, fetter
she who strikes down, destroyer
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
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
- pashahantriom pashahantryai namah
- ITRANS
- pAshahantrIOM pAshahantryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- pAzahantrIOM pAzahantryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- పాశహన్త్రీఓం పాశహన్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪಾಶಹನ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಪಾಶಹನ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പാശഹന്ത്രീഓം പാശഹന്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- பாஶஹந்த்ரீஓம் பாஶஹந்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પાશહન્ત્રીૐ પાશહન્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- পাশহন্ত্রীওঁ পাশহন্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପାଶହନ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ପାଶହନ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ