Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 884 of 1000: धर्माधारा · Dharmādhārā
Support Of Dharma
Artha
What the name means
Right order does not hold itself up; it rests on her, and would give way the moment she withdrew.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धर्माधारायै नमः
oṃ dharmādhārāyai namaḥ
om dharmadharayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dharmādhārā, as part of Shloka 165. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the support of righteousness
vigraha dharmasya ādhāraḥ
law, right order, duty, righteousness
support, prop, substratum
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 165Names 884–889
धर्माधारा धनाध्यक्षा धनधान्यविवर्धिनी ।
विप्रप्रिया विप्ररूपा विश्वभ्रमणकारिणी ॥ १६५ ॥
dharmādhārā dhanādhyakṣā dhanadhānyavivardhinī
viprapriyā viprarūpā viśvabhramaṇakāriṇī
Study the whole shloka: Three names in dha, three in vi: from grain in the store to the turning of the world
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dharmadharaom dharmadharayai namah
- ITRANS
- dharmAdhArAOM dharmAdhArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dharmAdhArAOM dharmAdhArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధర్మాధారాఓం ధర్మాధారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧರ್ಮಾಧಾರಾಓಂ ಧರ್ಮಾಧಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധര്മാധാരാഓം ധര്മാധാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த⁴ர்மாதா⁴ராஓம் த⁴ர்மாதா⁴ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધર્માધારાૐ ધર્માધારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধর্মাধারাওঁ ধর্মাধারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧର୍ମାଧାରାଓଁ ଧର୍ମାଧାରାୟୈ ନମଃ