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Chamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Sri Chamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Shree Chaamundaayai Namah
2. Om Mahaamaayaayai Namah
3. Om Shree Matsimhaasaneshvaryai Namah
4. Om Shree Vidyaavedya Mahimaayai Namah
5. Om Shree Chakrapuravaasinyai Namah
6. Om Shreekantha Dayitaayai Namah
7. Om Gauryai Namah
8. Om Girijaayai Namah
9. Om Bhuvaneshvaryai Namah
10. Om Mahaakaalyai Namah
11. Om Mahaalakshmyai Namah
12. Om Maahaavaanyai Namah
13. Om Manonmanyai Namah
14. Om Sahasrasheershasamyuktaayai Namah
15. Om Sahasrakaramanditaayai Namah
16. Om Kaustubhavasanopetaayai Namah
17. Om Ratnakanchukadhaarinyai Namah
18. Om Ganeshaskandha Jananyai Namah
19. Om Japaakusumabhaasuraayai Namah
20. Om Umaayai Namah
21. Om Kaatyaayanyai Namah
22. Om Durgaayai Namah
23. Om Mantrinyai Namah
24. Om Dandinyai Namah
25. Om Jayaayai Namah
26. Om Karaangulinakhotpanna Naaraayana Dashaakrityai Namah
27. Om Sachaamara Ramaavaanee Savya Dakshina Sevitaayai Namah
28. Om Indraakshyai Namah
29. Om Bagalaayai Namah
30. Om Baalaayai Namah
31. Om Chakreshyai Namah
32. Om Vijayaambikaayai Namah
33. Om Panchapretaasanaaroodhaayai Namah
34. Om Haridraakunkumapriyaayai Namah
35. Om Mahaabalaadri Nilayaayai Namah
36. Om Mahishaasura Mardhinyai Namah
37. Om Madhukaitabha Samhartryai Namah
38. Om Madhuraapuranaayakaayai Namah
39. Om Kaameshvaryai Namah
40. Om Yoganidraayai Namah
41. Om Bhavaanyai Namah
42. Om Chandikaayai Namah
43. Om Satyai Namah
44. Om Chakraraajarathaaroodhaayai Namah
45. Om Srishtisthityantakaarinyai Namah
46. Om Annapoornaayai Namah
47. Om Jvalajjihvaayai Namah
48. Om Kaalaraatri Svaroopinyai Namah
49. Om Nishumbha Shumbhamadanyai Namah
50. Om Raktabeeja Vishoodinyai Namah
51. Om Brahmaadi Maatrikaaroopaayai Namah
52. Om Shubhaayai Namah
53. Om Shatchakradevataayai Namah
54. Om Moolaprakritiroopaayai Namah
55. Om Paarvatyai Namah
56. Om Parameshvaryai Namah
57. Om Indupeetha Kritaavaasaayai Namah
58. Om Chandramandala Madhyagaayai Namah
59. Om Chidagnikunda Sambhootaayai Namah
60. Om Vindhyaachala Nivaasinyai Namah
61. Om Hayagreevaagastya Poojyaayai Namah
62. Om Sooryachandraagnilochanaayai Namah
63. Om Jalaandharaayai Namah
64. Om Supeethasthaayai Namah
65. Om Shivaayai Namah
66. Om Daakshaayanyai Namah
67. Om Eeshvaryai Namah
68. Om Navaavarana Sampoojyaayai Namah
69. Om Navaakshara Manustutaayai Namah
70. Om Navalaavanya Roopaadhyaayai Namah
71. Om Dvaatrimshajjvaladaayudhaayai Namah
72. Om Kaameshabaddha Maangalyaayai Namah
73. Om Chandrarekhaa Vibhooshitaayai Namah
74. Om Charaachara Jagadroopaayai Namah
75. Om Nityaklinnaayai Namah
76. Om Paraajitaayai Namah
77. Om Odyaanapeetha Nilayaayai Namah
78. Om Lalitaayai Namah
79. Om Vishnusodaryai Namah
80. Om Damshtrakaraala Vadanaayai Namah
81. Om Vajreshyai Namah
82. Om Vahnivaahinyai Namah
83. Om Sarvamangala Roopaadyaayai Namah
84. Om Sachchidaananda Vigrahaayai Namah
85. Om Ashtaadasha Supeerasthaayai Namah
86. Om Bherundaayai Namah
87. Om Bhairavyai Namah
88. Om Paraayai Namah
89. Om Rundamaalaalasatkanthaayai Namah
90. Om Chandaasura Vimardinyai Namah
91. Om Pundrekshukaanda Kodandaayai Namah
92. Om Pushpabaana Lasatkaraayai Namah
93. Om Shivadootyai Namah
94. Om Vedamaatre Namah
95. Om Shaankaryai Namah
96. Om Simhavaahinyai Namah
97. Om Chatuhshashtyupachaaraadhyaayai Namah
98. Om Yogineegana Sevitaayai Namah
99. Om Vanadurgaayai Namah
100. Om Bhadrakaalyai Namah
101. Om Kadambavanitaayai Namah
102. Om Chandamunda Shirashchetyai Namah
103. Om Mahaaraajyai Namah
104. Om Sudhaanaamaayai Namah
105. Om Shree Chakravarataatankaayai Namah
106. Om Shreeshaila Bhramaraambikaayai Namah
107. Om Shree Raajaraajavaradaayai Namah
108. Om Shree Matripura Sundaryai Namah
Iti Shree Chaamundeshvaree Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali

Meaning

The Chamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the hundred and eight names of the goddess on Chamundi Betta above Mysuru. It opens Om Shri Chamundayai namah, Om Mahamayayai namah, Om Shri Matsimhasaneshvaryai namah, Om Shri Chakrapuravasinyai namah. Families have it recited at the hill temple, and Kannada households keep it at home through Ashada and Navaratri.

Significance

The first name is the oldest layer. Chamunda is the title Ambika gives Kali in the Devi Mahatmya after she brings back the heads of Chanda and Munda - a name earned on a battlefield, not conferred. The hill carries the other half of the story: tradition holds the Devi killed Mahishasura there, the statue of the asura stands at the top, and the city below is Mahishuru, his town, which is where the name Mysuru comes from. Then look at names three and four. Simhasaneshvari, mistress of the lion throne, and Chakrapuravasini, she who dwells in the city of the chakra - this is Srividya vocabulary, the language of Sri Chakra worship, sitting in the fourth position of a list most people recite without noticing. It tells you something about the Mysuru worship: alongside the popular devotion that fills the hill, an upasana lineage runs through it. The Wadiyars took her as kuladevate, and she is the nada devate of Karnataka. The namavali makes no promise of its own; what it does is put the battlefield name, the hill and the Sri Chakra in the same breath.

How and when to chant

Ashada Shukravara - the Fridays of the month of Ashada - is her season above all others, when the road up the hill fills before dawn and the queue does not thin until night. Then Navaratri, ending in the Jamboo Savari of Vijayadashami, when her idol is carried through Mysuru in the golden howdah. Through the year, Friday and Tuesday. At home: bathe, light a ghee lamp, make the sankalpa, and offer kumkuma at each of the 108 names; a round takes about ten minutes. Women offer green bangles, a blouse piece, turmeric and a coconut as bagina, especially on Ashada Fridays. Those who climb the hill do the thousand-odd steps barefoot and stop at the great Nandi carved from a single boulder partway up. No initiation is needed for the namavali.

Frequently asked questions

Which hill does the name Mahabaladri nilaya in the Chamundeshwari Ashtottara refer to?
Mahabaladri, or Mahabalachala, is the old name of Chamundi Betta above Mysuru, and the Mahabaleshwara temple on the hill still carries it. Name 35 therefore ties this list of 108 names directly to Chamundeshwari of Mysuru.
Why does the Chamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali contain Sri Vidya names like Chakrapuravasini?
The list treats Chamundeshwari as Lalitha Tripurasundari herself, so it uses Sri Chakra vocabulary such as Shrimat Simhasaneshvari, Navavarana sampujya and Kamesha baddha mangalya. It closes with Shrimat Tripurasundari, name 108.
Which Devi Mahatmya battles are named in the Chamundeshwari Ashtottara?
The names recall Madhu and Kaitabha, Mahishasura, Shumbha and Nishumbha, Raktabija, and Chanda and Munda, whose severed heads earned Kali the title Chamunda. Name 36, Mahishasura mardini, carries extra weight on Chamundi Betta, where local tradition places the killing of Mahishasura.
When do devotees chant the Chamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
The Fridays of Ashada masa, when crowds climb Chamundi Betta, and the days of Mysuru Dasara are the busiest times for this archana. Recited with kumkuma at each name, the 108 names take about ten minutes.
Why does the Chamundeshwari Ashtottara name Srisailam's Bhramarambika?
Name 85 places her in the eighteen Shakti Peethas, a list in which Mysuru appears as Krauncha pattana. In the same spirit name 106 addresses her as Shrishaila Bhramarambika, the goddess of another of those peethas.

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