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Shree Chandraghantaa Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
1. Om Chandra/Shekharaayai Namaha
2. Om Chandrashekhara/Vallabhaayai Namaha
3. Om Chandra/Mandala/Madhya/Sthaayai Namaha
4. Om Chandra/Koti/Susheetalaayai Namaha
5. Om Chandra/Kaantyai Namaha
6. Om Chandra/Koti/Nibha/Aananaayai Namaha
7. Om Chandra/Bhaginyai Namaha
8. Om Chandramah/Karna/Kundalaayai Namaha
9. Om Chandra/Haasaayai Namaha
10. Om Chandra/Haasinyai Namaha
11. Om Chandrikaayai Namaha
12. Om Chandra/Dhaatryai Namaha
13. Om Chandavatyai Namaha
14. Om Chandramaayai Namaha
15. Om Chandana/Priyaayai Namaha
16. Om Chandra/Mandala/Madhya/Sthaayai Namaha
17. Om Chandra/Mandala/Darpanaayai Namaha
18. Om Chandra/Choodaayai Namaha
19. Om Chandra/Roopinyai Namaha
20. Om Chaamundaayai Namaha
21. Om Chanda/Munda/Vadha/Udyataayai Namaha
22. Om Chaitanya/Bhairavyai Namaha
23. Om Chandaayai Namaha
24. Om Chaitanya/Ghana/Gehinyai Namaha
25. Om Chandikaayai Namaha
26. Om Chanda/Daitya/Ghnyai Namaha
27. Om Chaandaalinyai Namaha
28. Om Chitta/Jnaayai Namaha
29. Om Chintita/Padaayai Namaha
30. Om Chitta/Sthaayai Namaha
31. Om Chitta/Roopinyai Namaha
32. Om Chakrinyai Namaha
33. Om Chaaru/Champa/Aabhaayai Namaha
34. Om Chaaru/Champaka/Maalinyai Namaha
35. Om Chandrikaayai Namaha
36. Om Chaapinyai Namaha
37. Om Chit/Svaroopaayai Namaha
38. Om Chid/Aadhaaraayai Namaha
39. Om Chanda/Vegaayai Namaha
40. Om Chid/Aalayaayai Namaha
41. Om Chapalaayai Namaha
42. Om Chintaamani/Guna/Aadhaaraayai Namaha
43. Om Chintaamani/Vibhooshanaayai Namaha
44. Om Chitta/Chintaamani/Krita/Aalayaayai Namaha
45. Om Chintaamani/Krita/Aalayaayai Namaha
46. Om Chaaru/Chandana/Lipta/Angyai Namaha
47. Om Chaturaayai Namaha
48. Om Chatur/Mukhyai Namaha
49. Om Chaitanya/Daayai Namaha
50. Om Chid/Aanandaayai Namaha
51. Om Chaaru/Chaamara/Veejitaayai Namaha
52. Om Chanda/Mundaayai Namaha
53. Om Chandyai Namaha
54. Om Charchitaayai Namaha
55. Om Chanda/Veginyai Namaha
56. Om Chatur/Bhujaayai Namaha
57. Om Chintyaayai Namaha
58. Om Chid/Aananda/Svaroopinyai Namaha
59. Om Chitra/Roopinyai Namaha
60. Om Chaaru/Angyai Namaha
61. Om Chanchalaayai Namaha
62. Om Chaaru/Charitrinyai Namaha
63. Om Charchaayai Namaha
64. Om Chaaru/Haasinyai Namaha
65. Om Chatulaayai Namaha
66. Om Chitraayai Namaha
67. Om Chitra/Maalya/Vibhooshitaayai Namaha
68. Om Chaaru/Dantaayai Namaha
69. Om Chaaturyai Namaha
70. Om Charitra/Pradaayai Namaha
71. Om Choolikaayai Namaha
72. Om Chitra/Vastra/Antaayai Namaha
73. Om Chaaru/Daatryai Namaha
74. Om Chakoryai Namaha
75. Om Chauryai Namaha
76. Om Choraayai Namaha
77. Om Chanchad/Vaag/Vaadinyai Namaha
78. Om Chora/Vinaashinyai Namaha
79. Om Chaaru/Chandana/Lipta/Angyai Namaha
80. Om Chanchat/Chaamara/Veejitaayai Namaha
81. Om Chaaru/Madhyaayai Namaha
82. Om Chaaru/Gatyai Namaha
83. Om Chandilaayai Namaha
84. Om Chaaru/Homa/Priyaayai Namaha
85. Om Chaarvaayai Namaha
86. Om Charitaayai Namaha
87. Om Chakra/Baahukaayai Namaha
88. Om Chakravaaka/Stanyai Namaha
89. Om Cheshtaayai Namaha
90. Om Chitraayai Namaha
91. Om Chaaru/Vilaasinyai Namaha
92. Om Chit/Svaroopaayai Namaha
93. Om Champaka/Pushpa/Nivaasinyai Namaha
94. Om Chira/Prajnaayai Namaha
95. Om Chaatakaayai Namaha
96. Om Chaaru/Hetukyai Namaha
97. Om Chokaara/Roopaayai Namaha
98. Om Chora/Ghnyai Namaha
99. Om Chora/Baadhaa/Vinaashinyai Namaha
100. Om Chaitanyaayai Namaha
101. Om Chetana/Sthaayai Namaha
102. Om Chaturaayai Namaha
103. Om Chamatkrityai Namaha
104. Om Chakrinyai Namaha
105. Om Chakra/Dhaarinyai Namaha
106. Om Chitta/Geyaayai Namaha
107. Om Chid/Vilaasinyai Namaha
108. Om Chakravarti/Kula/Aadhaaraayai Namaha
Iti Shree Chandraghantaa Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
The Chandraghanta Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a list of 108 names of Chandraghanta Devi, the third form of Durga, worshipped on the third day of Navaratri. She is Parvati in a fierce ten-armed form with a bell-shaped half-moon on her head. The namavali opens with Om Chandrashekharaayai Namaha, Om Chandrashekharavallabhaayai Namaha and Om Chandramandalamadhyasthaayai Namaha: the one crowned with the moon, the beloved of the moon-crowned Shiva, and the one who dwells at the centre of the moon's disc.
Significance
Every name begins with the sound "Ch". Two families of names stand out. The first is about the moon: cool, bright and calm, as in Om Chandrakotisusheetalaayai Namaha, "cool as a crore of moons". The second is about fierceness, built on the word "Chanda": Om Chandaayai Namaha, "the fierce one", and Om Chandavegaayai Namaha, "the one of fierce speed". Read together, they show what the story says about her: strength and peace sit together in her.
Other names fill in the picture. Om Chakradhaarinyai Namaha means the one who holds the discus, one of the many weapons in her ten hands. Om Chaaruhaasinyai Namaha means the one with a lovely smile, the gentle face she keeps for her devotees. Om Chitsvaroopaayai Namaha calls her consciousness itself, a reminder that the fierce warrior who drove away Jatukasura is the same Mother who lives in the mind.
How and when to chant
The natural time to chant this namavali is on the third day of Navaratri, Ashvayuja Shukla Tritiya, 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. Orange flowers are offered to her. Payasam and other sweets are popular naivedya. Many devotees also ring the puja bell with care on this day, remembering her story. A steady recitation takes about ten minutes. A namavali needs no initiation, so anyone can chant it with devotion.
To read about her wedding-day form and the bat-demon Jatukasura, see the story of Chandraghanta Devi.
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