Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 958 of 1000: धर्मिणी · Dharmiṇī
Upholder Of Dharma
Artha
What the name means
She keeps to the law and bears within herself every defining property that anything can have.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धर्मिण्यै नमः
oṃ dharmiṇyai namaḥ
om dharminyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dharmiṇī, 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
Possessive suffix -in on dharma; Monier-Williams gives dharmin both as 'faithful to duty' and as 'bearer of a characteristic property'.
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
- 955धराdharāThe Bearing Earth
- 956धरसुताdharasutāDaughter Of The Mountain
- 957धन्याdhanyāThe Blessed And Enriching
- 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
- dharminiom dharminyai namah
- ITRANS
- dharmiNIOM dharmiNyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dharmiNIOM dharmiNyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధర్మిణీఓం ధర్మిణ్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧರ್ಮಿಣೀಓಂ ಧರ್ಮಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധര്മിണീഓം ധര്മിണ്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த⁴ர்மிணீஓம் த⁴ர்மிண்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધર્મિણીૐ ધર્મિણ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধর্মিণীওঁ ধর্মিণ্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧର୍ମିଣୀଓଁ ଧର୍ମିଣ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ