Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 885 of 1000: धनाध्यक्षा · Dhanādhyakṣā
Overseer Of Wealth
Artha
What the name means
Riches fall under her supervision, dispensed and withheld at her discretion rather than simply earned.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धनाध्यक्षायै नमः
oṃ dhanādhyakṣāyai namaḥ
om dhanadhyakshayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dhanādhyakṣā, 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.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the superintendent of wealth
vigraha dhanasya adhyakṣā
wealth, riches, property
superintendent, overseer, presiding one
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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
- dhanadhyakshaom dhanadhyakshayai namah
- ITRANS
- dhanAdhyakShAOM dhanAdhyakShAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dhanAdhyakSAOM dhanAdhyakSAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధనాధ్యక్షాఓం ధనాధ్యక్షాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧನಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಾಓಂ ಧನಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധനാധ്യക്ഷാഓം ധനാധ്യക്ഷായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த⁴னாத்⁴யக்ஷாஓம் த⁴னாத்⁴யக்ஷாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધનાધ્યક્ષાૐ ધનાધ્યક્ષાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধনাধ্যক্ষাওঁ ধনাধ্যক্ষায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧନାଧ୍ୟକ୍ଷାଓଁ ଧନାଧ୍ୟକ୍ଷାୟୈ ନମଃ