Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 993 of 1000: अज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिकाअज्ञान-ध्वान्त-दीपिका · AjñānadhvāntadīpikāAjñāna-dhvānta-dīpikā

Lamp In The Dark Of Ignorance

Artha

What the name means

She is the small steady light by which the dark of not-knowing is put out.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ अज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिकायै नमः

oṃ ajñānadhvāntadīpikāyai namaḥ

om ajnanadhvantadipikayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, ajñānadhvāntadīpikā, as part of Shloka 181. 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.

ChantShloka 181, where this name is chanted0:00 / 0:09

Speed

Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

nounfemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: ajñānadhvāntadīpikā

अज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिकाajñānadhvāntadīpikā

the lamp for the darkness that is ignorance

vigraha ajñānadhvāntasya dīpikā

अज्ञानध्वान्तajñānadhvānta

the darkness that is ignorance

vigraha ajñānam eva dhvāntam

अज्ञानajñāna

absence of knowledge

vigraha na jñānam ajñānam

अa

not, absence of

ज्ञानjñāna

knowledge

ध्वान्तdhvānta

darkness, gloom

दीपिकाdīpikā

a lamp, that which illumines

New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.

Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 181Names 990–993

अभ्यासातिशयज्ञाता षडध्वातीतरूपिणी ।

अव्याजकरुणामूर्तिरज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिका ॥ १८१ ॥

abhyāsātiśayajñātā ṣaḍadhvātītarūpiṇī

avyājakaruṇāmūrtirajñānadhvāntadīpikā

Study the whole shloka: Known only by long practice, and given away for nothing

Chanted with it

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling: ajnanadhvantadipikaom ajnanadhvantadipikayai namah
ITRANS: aj~nAnadhvAntadIpikAOM aj~nAnadhvAntadIpikAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto: ajJAnadhvAntadIpikAOM ajJAnadhvAntadIpikAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu: అజ్ఞానధ్వాన్తదీపికాఓం అజ్ఞానధ్వాన్తదీపికాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada: ಅಜ್ಞಾನಧ್ವಾನ್ತದೀಪಿಕಾಓಂ ಅಜ್ಞಾನಧ್ವಾನ್ತದೀಪಿಕಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam: അജ്ഞാനധ്വാന്തദീപികാഓം അജ്ഞാനധ്വാന്തദീപികായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil: அஜ்ஞானத்⁴வாந்ததீ³பிகாஓம் அஜ்ஞானத்⁴வாந்ததீ³பிகாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati: અજ્ઞાનધ્વાન્તદીપિકાૐ અજ્ઞાનધ્વાન્તદીપિકાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali: অজ্ঞানধ্বান্তদীপিকাওঁ অজ্ঞানধ্বান্তদীপিকায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia: ଅଜ୍ଞାନଧ୍ୱାନ୍ତଦୀପିକାଓଁ ଅଜ୍ଞାନଧ୍ୱାନ୍ତଦୀପିକାୟୈ ନମଃ