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Shree Brahmachaarinee Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
1. Om Brahmacharya/Aashrama/Paraayai Namaha
2. Om Brahmavidyaa/Taranginyai Namaha
3. Om Brahmaanda/Koti/Vyaapta/Ambaayai Namaha
4. Om Brahmahatyaa/Apahaarinyai Namaha
5. Om Brahma/Eesha/Vishnu/Roopaayai Namaha
6. Om Baala/Peeyoosha/Rochishaayai Namaha
7. Om Brahma/Vidyaayai Namaha
8. Om Brahma/Maatryai Namaha
9. Om Brahmeshyai Namaha
10. Om Brahma/Kaivalya/Bagalaayai Namaha
11. Om Brahma/Chaarinyai Namaha
12. Om Brahma/Sthitaayai Namaha
13. Om Brahma/Roopaayai Namaha
14. Om Brahmanaa/Veda/Vanditaayai Namaha
15. Om Brahma/Udbhavaayai Namaha
16. Om Brahma/Kalaayai Namaha
17. Om Brahmaanyai Namaha
18. Om Brahma/Bodhinyai Namaha
19. Om Brahma/Karma/Paraayanaayai Namaha
20. Om Brihat/Tundaayai Namaha
21. Om Brahma/Aadi/Sura/Vandyaayai Namaha
22. Om Brahma/Aadi/Jananyai Namaha
23. Om Brahma/Randhraayai Namaha
24. Om Brahma/Yajnaayai Namaha
25. Om Brahma/Sheershaayai Namaha
26. Om Brahma/Vaadinyai Namaha
27. Om Brahmanyai Namaha
28. Om Brahma/Yajninyai Namaha
29. Om Brihat/Saama/Stutaayai Namaha
30. Om Brahma/Maayaayai Namaha
31. Om Brahmarshi/Poojitaayai Namaha
32. Om Bandhooka/Sumano/Raagaayai Namaha
33. Om Baadaraayana/Deshikaayai Namaha
34. Om Baalaa/Ambaayai Namaha
35. Om Baana/Kusumaayai Namaha
36. Om Bagalaamukhee/Roopinyai Namaha
37. Om Bindu/Chakra/Sthitaayai Namaha
38. Om Bindu/Tarpana/Preeta/Maanasaayai Namaha
39. Om Brihat/Aishvarya/Daayai Namaha
40. Om Bandha/Heenaayai Namaha
41. Om Budha/Samarchitaayai Namaha
42. Om Brahma/Chaamundikaayai Namaha
43. Om Brahma/Jananyai Namaha
44. Om Braahmana/Priyaayai Namaha
45. Om Brahma/Jnaana/Pradaayai Namaha
46. Om Brahma/Vidyaayai Namaha
47. Om Brahmaanda/Naayikaayai Namaha
48. Om Brahma/Taala/Priyaayai Namaha
49. Om Brahma/Pancha/Manchaka/Shaayinyai Namaha
50. Om Brahma/Aadi/Vinutaayai Namaha
51. Om Brahma/Sahodaryai Namaha
52. Om Brahma/Pura/Sthitaayai Namaha
53. Om Braahmyai Namaha
54. Om Braahmana/Devataayai Namaha
55. Om Brahmaanda/Bahir/Anta/Sthaayai Namaha
56. Om Brahma/Kankana/Sootrinyai Namaha
57. Om Brimhanyai Namaha
58. Om Brahma/Vaadinyai Namaha
59. Om Brahma/Mayyai Namaha
60. Om Braahmyai Namaha
61. Om Brahma/Aananda/Pradaayinyai Namaha
62. Om Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva/Aatmikaayai Namaha
63. Om Bradhna/Tanayaayai Namaha
64. Om Bala/Unmoolita/Kalmashaayai Namaha
65. Om Bala/Uddhataayai Namaha
66. Om Bahu/Vighna/Vinaasha/Krite Namaha
67. Om Baala/Baalaayai Namaha
68. Om Bahu/Mataayai Namaha
69. Om Baahu/Yugalaayai Namaha
70. Om Baahu/Pankajaayai Namaha
71. Om Baala/Aatapa/Nibha/Amshukaayai Namaha
72. Om Balabhadra/Priyaayai Namaha
73. Om Baala/Pradaayinyai Namaha
74. Om Buddhi/Samstutaayai Namaha
75. Om Bandee/Devyai Namaha
76. Om Bilavatyai Namaha
77. Om Badisha/Ghnyai Namaha
78. Om Bali/Priyaayai Namaha
79. Om Baandhavyai Namaha
80. Om Bodhitaayai Namaha
81. Om Buddhi/Bandhooka/Kusuma/Priyaayai Namaha
82. Om Baala/Bhaanu/Prabhaa/Karaayai Namaha
83. Om Brihaspati/Stutaayai Namaha
84. Om Brindaayai Namaha
85. Om Brindaavana/Vihaarinyai Namaha
86. Om Baalaakinyai Namaha
87. Om Bila/Aahaaraayai Namaha
88. Om Bila/Vaasaayai Namaha
89. Om Bahu/Udakaayai Namaha
90. Om Bahu/Netraayai Namaha
91. Om Bahu/Padaayai Namaha
92. Om Bahu/Karna/Avatamsikaayai Namaha
93. Om Bahu/Baahu/Yutaayai Namaha
94. Om Beeja/Roopinyai Namaha
95. Om Bahu/Roopinyai Namaha
96. Om Bindu/Naada/Kalaa/Ateetaayai Namaha
97. Om Bindu/Naada/Svaroopinyai Namaha
98. Om Baddha/Godhaa/Anguli/Traanaayai Namaha
99. Om Badaree/Aashrama/Vaasinyai Namaha
100. Om Brindaarakaayai Namaha
101. Om Brihat/Skandhaayai Namaha
102. Om Brihatyai Namaha
103. Om Baana/Paatinyai Namaha
104. Om Brindaa/Adhyakshaayai Namaha
105. Om Bahu/Nutaayai Namaha
106. Om Bahu/Vikramaayai Namaha
107. Om Baddha/Padma/Aasana/Aaseenaayai Namaha
108. Om Bilva/Patra/Tala/Sthitaayai Namaha
Iti Shree Brahmachaarinee Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
The Brahmacharini Ashtottara Shatanamavali gives 108 names of Brahmacharini Devi, the second form of Durga. She is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri as Parvati in the years of her long tapas for Shiva. The namavali begins with Om Brahmacharyaaashramaparaayai Namaha, Om Brahmavidyaataranginyai Namaha and Om Brahmaandakotivyaaptaambaayai Namaha: the one devoted to the life of tapas, the one who flows with the knowledge of Brahman, and the Mother who fills crores of worlds.
Significance
All 108 names start with the sound "B", and a great many of them start with the word "Brahma". In this list "Brahma" points to the Veda, the highest truth and tapas, the same ideas found in her name. So the namavali keeps coming back to one theme: a mind given fully to a single goal. Om Brahmachaarinyai Namaha is her own name, the one who lives in tapas. Om Brahmavidyaayai Namaha calls her the knowledge of Brahman itself.
Some names read like small pictures of her tapas. Om Baddhapadmaaasanaaaseenaayai Namaha describes her seated firmly in the lotus posture. Om Bandhaheenaayai Namaha means the one free from all bonds. The very last name, Om Bilvapatratalasthitaayai Namaha, calls her the one who rests on bilva leaves, a quiet echo of the story in which she lived on leaves and then gave up even those, and was called Aparna.
How and when to chant
The natural time to chant this namavali is on the second day of Navaratri, Ashvayuja Shukla Dwitiya, though it can be said on any day. Light a lamp before her picture or the Navaratri kalasha and offer a pinch of kumkuma or a flower at each name. White flowers, especially jasmine, suit her. Payasam and curd rice are popular naivedya. In the spirit of her tapas, some devotees keep a small vow of their own that day. A steady recitation takes about ten minutes. A namavali needs no initiation, so anyone can chant it with devotion.
To read how her tapas earned her the names Aparna and Uma, see the story of Brahmacharini Devi.
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