Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 955 of 1000: धरा · Dharā
The Bearing Earth
Artha
What the name means
She is the earth, that which carries; the name is a feminine agent noun from the root meaning to hold.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धरायै नमः
oṃ dharāyai namaḥ
om dharayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dharā, as part of Shloka 176. 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
Formed from √dhṛ 'bear, hold'; Monier-Williams glosses dharā as 'bearer, supporter', hence the earth.
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 176Names 955–963
धराधरसुता धन्या धर्मिणी धर्मवर्धिनी ।
लोकातीता गुणातीता सर्वातीता शमात्मिका ॥ १७६ ॥
dharādharasutā dhanyā dharmiṇī dharmavardhinī
lokātītā guṇātītā sarvātītā śamātmikā
Study the whole shloka: Five names of holding, then four of having gone beyond
Chanted with it
- 956धरसुताdharasutāDaughter Of The Mountain
- 957धन्याdhanyāThe Blessed And Enriching
- 958धर्मिणीdharmiṇīUpholder Of Dharma
- 959धर्मवर्धिनीdharmavardhinīIncreaser Of Dharma
- 960लोकातीताlokātītāBeyond The Worlds
- 961गुणातीताguṇātītāBeyond The Three Strands
- 962सर्वातीताsarvātītāBeyond Everything
- 963शमात्मिकाśamātmikāWhose Nature Is Stillness
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dharaom dharayai namah
- ITRANS
- dharAOM dharAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dharAOM dharAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధరాఓం ధరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧರಾಓಂ ಧರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധരാഓം ധരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த⁴ராஓம் த⁴ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધરાૐ ધરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধরাওঁ ধরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧରାଓଁ ଧରାୟୈ ନମଃ