Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 882 of 1000: यज्ञकर्त्रीयज्ञ-कर्त्री · YajñakartrīYajña-kartrī
Performer Of The Sacrifice
Artha
What the name means
She is not only the one the rite honours but the one carrying it out, acting through the priest's hands.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ यज्ञकर्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ yajñakartryai namaḥ
om yajnakartryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, yajñakartrī, as part of Shloka 164. 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 performs the sacrifice
vigraha yajñaṃ karoti iti yajñakartrī
sacrifice, oblation
she who does or makes, the agent
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 164Names 880–883
संसारपङ्कनिर्मग्नसमुद्धरणपण्डिता ।
यज्ञप्रिया यज्ञकर्त्री यजमानस्वरूपिणी ॥ १६४ ॥
saṃsārapaṅkanirmagnasamuddharaṇapaṇḍitā
yajñapriyā yajñakartrī yajamānasvarūpiṇī
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Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- yajnakartriom yajnakartryai namah
- ITRANS
- yaj~nakartrIOM yaj~nakartryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- yajJakartrIOM yajJakartryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- యజ్ఞకర్త్రీఓం యజ్ఞకర్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- യജ്ഞകര്ത്രീഓം യജ്ഞകര്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- யஜ்ஞகர்த்ரீஓம் யஜ்ஞகர்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- યજ્ઞકર્ત્રીૐ યજ્ઞકર્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- যজ্ঞকর্ত্রীওঁ যজ্ঞকর্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଯଜ୍ଞକର୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ଯଜ୍ଞକର୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ