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Sri Pratyangira Devi Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
- Shree Pratyangiraayai
- Omkaararoopinyai
- Ksham Hraam Beejapreritaayai
- Vishvaroopaayai
- Viroopaakshapriyaayai
- Rijmantra Paaraayana Preetaayai
- Kapaalamaalaa Lankritaayai
- Naagendra Bhooshanaayai
- Naaga Yajnyopaveeta Dhaarinyai
- Kunchitakeshinyai ||10||
- Kapaalakhatvaanga Daarinyai
- Shoolinyai
- Rakta Netra Jvaalinyai
- Chaturbhujaa Yai
- Damaruka Dhaarinyai
- Jvaalaa Karaala Vadanaayai
- Jvaalaa Jihvaayai
- Karaala Damshtraa Yai
- Abhichaara Homaagni Samutthitaayai
- Simhamukhaayai ||20||
- Mahishaasura Mardinyai
- Dhoomralochanaayai
- Krishnaangaayai
- Pretavaahanaayai
- Pretaasanaayai
- Preta Bhojinyai
- Raktapriyaayai
- Shaaka Maamsa Priyaayai
- Ashtabhairava Sevitaayai
- Daakinee Parisevitaayai ||30||
- Madhupaana Priyaayai
- Bali Priyaayai
- Simhaavaahanaayai
- Simha Garjinyai
- Paramantra Vidaarinyai
- Parayantra Vinaasinyai
- Parakrityaa Vidhvamsinyai
- Guhya Vidyaayai
- Yoni Roopinyai
- Navayoni Chakraatmi Kaayai ||40||
- Veera Roopaayai
- Durgaa Roopaayai
- Siddha Vidyaayai
- Mahaa Bheeshanaayai
- Ghora Roopinyai
- Mahaa Krooraayai
- Himaachala Nivaasinyai
- Varaabhaya Pradaayai
- Vishu Roopaayai
- Shatru Bhayankaryai ||50||
- Vidyudgaataayai
- Shatrumoordha Spotanaayai
- Vidoomaagni Samaprabhaa Yai
- Mahaa Maayaayai
- Maheshvara Priyaayai
- Shatrukaarya Haani Karyai
- Mama Kaarya Siddhi Karye
- Shaatroonaam Udyoga Vighna Karyai
- Shatru Pashuputra Vinaasinyai
- Trinetraayai ||60||
- Suraasura Nishevi Taayai
- Teevrasaadhaka Poojitaayai
- Mama Sarvodyoga Vashya Karyai
- Navagraha Shaashinyai
- Aashrita Kalpa Vrikshaayai
- Bhaktaprasanna Roopinyai
- Anantakalyaana Gunaabhi Raamaayai
- Kaama Roopinyai
- Krodha Roopinyai
- Moha Roopinyai ||70||
- Madha Roopinyai
- Ugraayai
- Naarasimhyai
- Mrityu Mrityu Svaroopinyai
- Animaadi Siddhi Pradaayai
- Anta Shatru Vidhaarinyai
- Sakala Durita Vinaasinyai
- Sarvopadrava Nivaarinyai
- Durjana Kaalaraatryai
- Mahaaprajnyaayai ||80||
- Mahaabalaayai
- Kaaleeroopinyai
- Vajraangaayai
- Dushta Prayoga Nivaarinyai
- Sarva Shaapa Vimochanyai
- Nigrahaanugraha Kriyaanipunaayai
- Ichchaa Jnyaana Kriyaa Shakti Roopinyai
- Brahma Vishnu Shivaatmi Kaayai
- Hiranya Sataa Chchataayai
- Indraadi Dikpaalaka Sevitaayai ||90||
- Paraprayoga Pratyak Prachodinyai
- Ichchaajnyaana Kriyaa Shakti Roopinyai
- Khadgamaalaa Roopinyai
- Nrisimha Saalagraama Nivaasinyai
- Bhakta Shatru Bhakshinyai
- Braahmaastra Svaroopaayai
- Sahasraara Shakyai
- Siddeshvaryai
- Yogeshvaryai
- Aatma Rakshana Shaktidaayinyai ||100||
- Sarva Vighna Vinaasinyai
- Sarvaantaka Nivaarinyai
- Sarva Dushta Pradushta Shirachchedinyai
- Adharvana Veda Bhaasitaayai
- Smashaana Vaasinyai
- Bhoota Bhetaala Sevitaayai
- Siddha Mandala Poojitaayai
- Pratyangiraa Bhadrakaalee Devataayai ||108||
|| Iti Sri Pratyangira Devi Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Sampoornam ||
Meaning
The Pratyangira Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the hundred and eight names of Pratyangira Devi, also called Atharvana Bhadrakali. She is described as lion-faced and dark, and the tradition places her outside ordinary household worship: she is one of the deities a teacher hands over with instruction rather than one a devotee picks up from a printed book. This page describes the text; it does not teach her sadhana.
Significance
The name is usually read as prati plus angirasa - the one who turns back what the Angirasa rites send out. That reading is the whole of her character in the tradition. She is invoked as a shield, the force that returns harm to where it came from, and the Shaiva accounts connect her rising with the Sharabha episode, when Shiva takes a form to cool the fury of Narasimha that will not subside. Several of the 108 names are frankly ferocious. Teachers read them as wrath aimed at the reciter's own fear, sin and clinging - not as instructions to be turned on another person. That distinction is not a modern softening; the responsible lineages have always refused to use her for abhichara, and they say so plainly to anyone who asks. If you have come here looking for a rite to harm someone, this is the wrong page and the wrong goddess.
How and when to chant
The honest answer is that most teachers hold the full practice - the bija mantras, the nyasa, the homa, the night prayogas - to belong to those with diksha, and to be taken up only under a guru who knows the lineage. Without that, what a householder does is small and safe: light a lamp of ghee or gingelly oil on a Tuesday or on amavasya, sit facing east, say the names with kumkuma, ask only for protection, and stop there. No homa. No rite aimed at any person. Many families visit a Pratyangira shrine and leave the archana to the priest, which is the older custom. If you feel drawn to more than this, find a teacher first and ask.
Frequently asked questions
How do the names in the Pratyangira Ashtottara Shatanamavali describe the goddess?
What do Paramantra Vidarini and Parakritya Vidhvamsini mean in the Pratyangira namavali?
Why is Pratyangira called Atharvana Bhadrakali in her list of 108 names?
How do householders usually recite the Pratyangira Ashtottaram at home?
Why do several names in the Pratyangira Ashtottara link her to Narasimha?
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