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śrī śyāmala aṣṭottara śatanāmāval̤iḥ
1. oṃ śrī jagaddhātryai namaḥ
2. oṃ śrī mātaṃgīśvaryai namaḥ
3. oṃ śrī śyāmalāyai namaḥ
4. oṃ śrī jagadīśānāyai namaḥ
5. oṃ śrī parameśvaryai namaḥ
6. oṃ śrī mahākṛṣṇāyai namaḥ
7. oṃ śrī sarvabhūṣaṇasaṃyutāyai namaḥ
8. oṃ śrī mahādevyĕ namaḥ
9. oṃ śrī maheśānyĕ namaḥ
10. oṃ śrī mahādevapriyāyai namaḥ
11. oṃ śrī ādiśaktye namaḥ
12. oṃ śrī mahāśakyai namaḥ
13. oṃ śrī parāśakyai namaḥ
14. oṃ śrī parātparāyai namaḥ
15. oṃ śrī brahmaśakyai namaḥ
16. oṃ śrī viṣṇuśakyai namaḥ
17. oṃ śrī śivaśaktye namaḥ
18. oṃ śrī amṛteśvarīdevyĕ namaḥ
19. oṃ śrī paraśivapriyāyai namaḥ
20. oṃ śrī brahmarūpāyai namaḥ
21. oṃ śrī viṣṇurūpāyai namaḥ
22. oṃ śrī śivarūpāyai namaḥ
23. oṃ śrī sarvakāmapradāyai namaḥ
24. oṃ śrī sarvasiddhipradāyai namaḥ
25. oṃ śrī nṝṇāṃ sarvasaṃpatpradāyai namaḥ
26. oṃ śrī sarvarājavaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
27. oṃ śrī strīvaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
28. oṃ śrī naravaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
29. oṃ śrī devamohinyai namaḥ
30. oṃ śrī sarvasattvavaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
31. oṃ śrī śāṃkaryai namaḥ
32. oṃ śrī vāgdevyai namaḥ
33. oṃ śrī sarvalokavaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
34. oṃ śrī sarvābhīṣṭapradāyai namaḥ
35. oṃ śrī mātaṃgakanyakāyai namaḥ
36. oṃ śrī nīlotpalaprakhyāyai namaḥ
37. oṃ śrī marakataprabhāyai namaḥ
38. oṃ śrī nīlameghapratīkāśāyai namaḥ
39. oṃ śrī iṃdranīlasamaprabhāyai namaḥ
40. oṃ śrī caṃḍyādideveśyai namaḥ
41. oṃ śrī divyanārīvaśaṃkaryai namaḥ
42. oṃ śrī mātṛsaṃstutyāyai namaḥ
43. oṃ śrī jayāyai namaḥ
44. oṃ śrī vijayāyai namaḥ
45. oṃ śrī bhūṣitāṃgyĕ namaḥ
46. oṃ śrī mahāśyāmāyai namaḥ
47. oṃ śrī mahārāmāyai namaḥ
48. oṃ śrī mahāprabhāyai namaḥ
49. oṃ śrī mahāviṣṇupriyaṃkaryai namaḥ
50. oṃ śrī sadāśivamanaḥpriyāyai namaḥ
51. oṃ śrī rudrāṇyai namaḥ
52. oṃ śrī sarvapāpaghnyai namaḥ
53. oṃ śrī kāmeśvaryai namaḥ
54. oṃ śrī śukaśyāmāyai namaḥ
55. oṃ śrī laghuśyāmāyai namaḥ
56. oṃ śrī rājavaśyakarāyai namaḥ
57. oṃ śrī vīṇāhastāyai namaḥ
58. oṃ śrī gītaratāyai namaḥ
59. oṃ śrī sarvavidyāpradāyai namaḥ
60. oṃ śrī śaktyādipūjitāyai namaḥ
61. oṃ śrī vedagītāyai namaḥ
62. oṃ śrī devagītāyai namaḥ
63. oṃ śrī śaṃkhakuṃḍalasaṃyuktāyai namaḥ
64. oṃ śrī biṃboṣṭhai namaḥ
65. oṃ śrī raktavastraparīdhānāyai namaḥ
66. oṃ śrī gṛhītamadhupātrikāyai namaḥ
67. oṃ śrī madhupriyāyai namaḥ
68. oṃ śrī madhumāṃsabalipriyāyai namaḥ
69. oṃ śrī raktākṣyai namaḥ
70. oṃ śrī ghūrṇamānākṣyai namaḥ
71. oṃ śrī smiteṃdumukhyĕ namaḥ
72. oṃ śrī saṃstutāyai namaḥ
73. oṃ śrī kastūrītilakopetāyai namaḥ
74. oṃ śrī caṃdraśīrṣāyai namaḥ
75. oṃ śrī jaganmayāyai namaḥ
76. oṃ śrī mahālakṣmyai namaḥ
77. oṃ kadaṃbavanasaṃsthitāyai namaḥ
78. oṃ śrī mahāvidyāyai namaḥ
79. oṃ śrī stanabhāravirājitāyai namaḥ
80. oṃ śrī haraharyādisaṃstutyāyai namaḥ
81. oṃ śrī smitāsyāyai namaḥ
82. oṃ śrī puṃsāṃ kalyāṇadāyai namaḥ
83. oṃ śrī kalyāṇyai namaḥ
84. oṃ śrī kamalālayāyai namaḥ
85. oṃ śrī mahādāridryasaṃhartryai namaḥ
86. oṃ śrī mahāpātakadāhinyĕ namaḥ
87. oṃ śrī nṝṇāṃ mahājñānapradāyai namaḥ
88. oṃ śrī mahāsauṃdaryadāyai namaḥ
89. oṃ śrī mahāmuktipradāyai namaḥ
90. oṃ śrī vāṇyai namaḥ
91. oṃ śrī paraṃjyotiḥsvarūpiṇyai namaḥ
92. oṃ śrī cidānaṃdātmikāyai namaḥ
93. oṃ śrī alakṣmī vināśinyĕ namaḥ
94. oṃ śrī nityaṃ bhaktābhayapradāyai namaḥ
95. oṃ śrī āpannāśinyĕ namaḥ
96. oṃ śrī sahasrākṣyai namaḥ
97. oṃ śrī sahasrabhujadhāriṇyai namaḥ
98. oṃ śrī mahyāḥ śubhapradāyai namaḥ
99. oṃ śrī bhaktānāṃ maṃgal̤apradāyai namaḥ
100. oṃ śrī aśubhasaṃharyai namaḥ
101. oṃ śrī bhaktāpṭaiśvaryadāyai namaḥ
102. oṃ śrī devyĕ namaḥ
103. oṃ śrī mukharaṃjinyĕ namaḥ
104. oṃ śrī jaganmātre namaḥ
105. oṃ śrī sarvanāyikāyai namaḥ
106. oṃ śrī parāparakal̤āyai namaḥ
107. oṃ śrī paramātmapriyāyai namaḥ
108. oṃ śrī rājamātaṃgyai namaḥ
iti śrī śyāmala aṣṭottara śatanāmāval̤i saṃpūrṇaṃ
Meaning
These are 108 names of Shyamala, the dark goddess whom the Srividya tradition honours as Mantrini, the counsellor of Lalita, and as Raja Shyamala or Raja Matangi. The list opens with Jagaddhatri, she who sustains the world, and Matangishvari, and closes with Rajamatangi, so her identity with Matangi is stated at both ends.
Shakti of the three gods
The first group calls her Adishakti, Parashakti and Paratpara, then names her Brahmashakti, Vishnushakti and Shivashakti, and a few names later Brahmarupa, Vishnurupa and Shivarupa. The point is plain: the power behind the three gods, and their very forms, belong to her.
Attraction and colour
Names 23 to 41 are mostly about vashya, the power to draw and hold others: Sarvarajavashankari, Devamohini, Sarvalokavashankari. In the same stretch she is Matangakanyaka, daughter of the sage Matanga, and her complexion is compared to a blue lotus, an emerald, a rain cloud and a sapphire.
The goddess with the veena
The middle of the list reads like a dhyana. She is Veenahasta and Gitarata, with conch-shell earrings, red garments, a kasturi tilaka and the crescent moon on her head. Shukashyama and Laghushyama name two of her forms, and Kadambavanasamsthita places her in the kadamba grove associated with Lalita.
The closing names turn to prosperity, with Mahalakshmi and Alakshmivinashini, and then to the highest titles, Paramjyotisvarupini and Chidanandatmika. Families in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana often use the list for kumkum archana during Shyamala Navaratri in Magha and on Fridays.
Frequently asked questions
Which names in the Shyamala Ashtottara describe her dark complexion?
Why does the Shyamala namavali begin and end with Matangi names?
Why do musicians and students turn to the Shyamala Ashtottara?
When in the year is the Shyamala Ashtottara Shatanamavali chanted most?
How is the Shyamala Ashtottara different from the Shyamala Dandakam?
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