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Sri Lakshmi Varaha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Shreemate Namah
2. Om Varaahaaya Namah
3. Om Simhaadrivaasaaya Namah
4. Om Shreevatsalakshanaaya Namah
5. Om Ashritaabheeshtavaradaaya Namah
6. Om Ameyaaya Namah
7. Om Chaturbhujaaya Namah
8. Om Chandana Praviliptaangaaya Namah
9. Om Saarvabhaumaaya Namah
10. Om Dushtabhoo Bhriddharaaya Namah
11. Om Svaamine Namah
12. Om Raajaaraajaarchitaayahprabhave Namah
13. Om Paataalaantastha Paadaabaaya Namah
14. Om Bhaktajeevanadaaya Namah
15. Om Pumse Namah
16. Om Yajnyamoortaye Namah
17. Om Yajnyasaakshine Namah
18. Om Yajnyabhuje Namah
19. Om Yajnyarakshakaaya Namah
20. Om Mahaayajnyavaraahaaya Namah
21. Om Mahaakaarunyaroopadhrite Namah
22. Om Ghargharaaraava Nirdoota Shaatravaaya Namah
23. Om Shreekaraaya Namah
24. Om Shuchaye Namah
25. Om Mahaabdhesteravaasaaya Namah
26. Om Mahaatejase Namah
27. Om Prahlaadaarchita Paadaabhaaya Namah
28. Om Prabhusattamaasevitaaya Namah
29. Om Divyavaibhava Samyuktaaya Namah
30. Om Shreenivaasaaya Namah
31. Om Kripaanidhaye Namah
32. Om Shreeramaadhishtitorase Namah
33. Om Shritabhaktaartinaashakaaya Namah
34. Om Vishaakhapattanaadheeshaaya Namah
35. Om Sarvarogopahaaya Namah
36. Om Prabhave Namah
37. Om Hiranyaaksha Nihantre Namah
38. Om Hiranmaya Vibhooshanaaya Namah
39. Om Simhaadrishikharaavaasine Namah
40. Om Aandhrabhoopaartitaaya Namah
41. Om Svaraaje Namah
42. Om Chandanaalankritaaya Namah
43. Om Mandaarasamamaalyavate Namah
44. Om Vajraromadharaaya Namah
45. Om Vishnave Namah
46. Om Vedavyaasamunistutaaya Namah
47. Om Shvetaruche Namah
48. Om Shvetadrishe Namah
49. Om Shvetadamshtrikaatunda Manditaaya Namah
50. Om Manoharaaya Namah
51. Om Shankhachakragadaa Abhayadharaaya Namah
52. Om Haraye Namah
53. Om Paataalamagna Bhoodevee Rakshakaaya Namah
54. Om Shaunakaaya Namah
55. Om Svabhuve Namah
56. Om Svaami Pushkarinee Teeravaasaaya Namah
57. Om Venkataashrayaaya Namah
58. Om Kundamandaara Punnaaga Paarijaataarchana Priyaaya Namah
59. Om Taalottungamahaadivya Vimaanaantara Samsthitaaya Namah
60. Om Mahaamantapayuktaaya namah
61. Om Yatiraajasamarchitaaya namah
62. Om Bhooshayaaya Namah
63. Om Bhoopriyaaya Namah
64. Om Bhootaye Namah
65. Om Bhoonaati Priyaaya Namah
66. Om Achyutaaya Namah
67. Om Sulabhaaya Namah
68. Om Surashaaya Namah
69. Om Sthoolaaya Namah
70. Om Sookshmaaya Namah
71. Om Sarvaguhaashayaaya Namah
72. Om Sarvaatmane Namah
73. Om Sarvalokaatmane Namah
74. Om Ramaalingitatoshitaaya Namah
75. Om Bhaktaabhayapradaaya Namah
76. Om Bhaktavaanchhitaarthaaya Namah
77. Om Jagatpataye Namah
78. Om Jagaddhaatre Namah
79. Om Jagattaatre Namah
80. Om Jagannetre Namah
81. Om Jagatpitre Namah
82. Om Chidachidravitanaaya Namah
83. Om Shaangine Namah
84. Om Shankhine Namah
85. Om Chakrine Namah
86. Om Gadine Namah
87. Om Jayine Namah
88. Om Shree Ghanaaya Namah
89. Om Shree Nidhaanaaya Namah
90. Om Shriyai Namah
91. . Omshriyahpataye Namah
92. Om Shreemataamvaraaya Namah
93. Om Dharmakrite Namah
94. Om Dharmabhrite Namah
95. Om Dharmine Namah
96. Om Dharmaroopine Namah
97. Om Dhananjayaaya Namah
98. Om Paraatparaaya Namah
99. Om Sheshine Namah
100. Om Padmamaalaapriyaaya Namah
101. Om Samaaya Namah
102. Om Shreemallakshmeevaraahaaya Namah
103. Om Nirnetukadayaambudhaye Namah
104. Om Pranataabhayadaaya Namah
105. Om Shreeshaaya Namah
106. Om Pranavaatma Svaroopaaya Namah
107. Om Sarvabhaktabhayaapahaaya Namah
108. Om Shreelakshmeevaraahaaya Namah
Iti Shree Lakshmeevaraaha Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The Lakshmi Varaha Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a list of 108 names closely tied to Simhachalam, the hill shrine near Visakhapatnam. The third name is Simhadrivasaya, dweller on Simhadri, and later names call the Lord Vishakhapattanadhishaya and Simhadrishikharavasine. The text does not name its author.
The boar avatar
Many names retell the Varaha story. Hiranyaksha nihantre recalls the killing of Hiranyaksha, and Patalamagna Bhudevi rakshakaya speaks of lifting the drowned Earth goddess out of the depths. A cluster of names (Yajnamurtaye, Yajnabhuje, Yajnarakshakaya, Mahayajnavarahaya) follows the Puranic idea of Varaha as the sacrifice itself.
Sandal paste and two shrines
Chandana pravaliptangaya and Chandanalankritaya describe a deity covered in sandal paste, which is how the Simhachalam image is kept through the year; the covering comes off only for the Chandanotsavam darshan on Akshaya Tritiya. Prahladarchita and Yatirajasamarchitaya name Prahlada and Ramanuja as worshippers. Swamipushkarini tiravasaya and Venkatashrayaya point to the Varaha shrine beside the temple tank at Tirumala.
Lakshmi on his chest
Toward the end, Sriramadhishthitorase and Ramalingitatoshitaya praise the Lord with Lakshmi resting on his chest, which is why the list carries her name. It closes with Srimallakshmivarahaya and Srilakshmivarahaya. There is no phala shruti. It is used for archana, a tulasi leaf or flower offered at each name, and devotees reach for it on Varaha Jayanti and during the Simhachalam festivals.
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