Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 832 of 1000: प्राणदात्रीप्राण-दात्री · PrāṇadātrīPrāṇa-dātrī
Giver Of Life
Artha
What the name means
She hands out breath, and a body becomes a living creature at the moment she does.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ प्राणदात्र्यै नमः
oṃ prāṇadātryai namaḥ
om pranadatryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, prāṇadātrī, as part of Shloka 156. 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 bestows the vital breath
vigraha prāṇān dadāti iti prāṇadātrī
vital breath, life
she who gives, bestower
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 156Names 831–837
प्राणेश्वरी प्राणदात्री पञ्चाशत्पीठरूपिणी ।
विशृङ्खला विविक्तस्था वीरमाता वियत्प्रसूः ॥ १५६ ॥
prāṇeśvarī prāṇadātrī pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī
viśṛṅkhalā viviktasthā vīramātā viyatprasūḥ
Study the whole shloka: Mistress of the breath, the fifty seats, the mother of heroes
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- pranadatriom pranadatryai namah
- ITRANS
- prANadAtrIOM prANadAtryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- prANadAtrIOM prANadAtryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ప్రాణదాత్రీఓం ప్రాణదాత్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಪ್ರಾಣದಾತ್ರೀಓಂ ಪ್ರಾಣದಾತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- പ്രാണദാത്രീഓം പ്രാണദാത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப்ராணதா³த்ரீஓம் ப்ராணதா³த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- પ્રાણદાત્રીૐ પ્રાણદાત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- প্রাণদাত্রীওঁ প্রাণদাত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ପ୍ରାଣଦାତ୍ରୀଓଁ ପ୍ରାଣଦାତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ