Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 959 of 1000: धर्मवर्धिनीधर्म-वर्धिनी · DharmavardhinīDharma-vardhinī
Increaser Of Dharma
Artha
What the name means
Where she is honoured, right order grows of itself.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ धर्मवर्धिन्यै नमः
oṃ dharmavardhinyai namaḥ
om dharmavardhinyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, dharmavardhinī, 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
she who makes right order flourish
vigraha dharmaṃ vardhayatīti
law, right order, duty
she who causes to increase
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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
- 958धर्मिणीdharmiṇīUpholder Of Dharma
- 960लोकातीताlokātītāBeyond The Worlds
- 961गुणातीताguṇātītāBeyond The Three Strands
- 962सर्वातीताsarvātītāBeyond Everything
- 963शमात्मिकाśamātmikāWhose Nature Is Stillness
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- dharmavardhiniom dharmavardhinyai namah
- ITRANS
- dharmavardhinIOM dharmavardhinyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- dharmavardhinIOM dharmavardhinyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- ధర్మవర్ధినీఓం ధర్మవర్ధిన్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಧರ್ಮವರ್ಧಿನೀಓಂ ಧರ್ಮವರ್ಧಿನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ധര്മവര്ധിനീഓം ധര്മവര്ധിന്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- த⁴ர்மவர்தி⁴னீஓம் த⁴ர்மவர்தி⁴ன்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ધર્મવર્ધિનીૐ ધર્મવર્ધિન્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- ধর্মবর্ধিনীওঁ ধর্মবর্ধিন্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଧର୍ମବର୍ଧିନୀଓଁ ଧର୍ମବର୍ଧିନ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ