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Shree Kaatyaayanee Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
1. Om Kaatyaayanyai Namaha
2. Om Kaatyaayai Namaha
3. Om Kaartikeyaayai Namaha
4. Om Kaanti/Gamyaayai Namaha
5. Om Kaanti/Mayyai Namaha
6. Om Karpoora/Aabhooshaayai Namaha
7. Om Kathaayai Namaha
8. Om Kaartaveeryaayai Namaha
9. Om Ketakee/Bhooshana/Aanandaayai Namaha
10. Om Kaartikeya/Prapoojitaayai Namaha
11. Om Kartryai Namaha
12. Om Karpoora/Roopaayai Namaha
13. Om Katham/Broomaayai Namaha
14. Om Krita/Krityaayai Namaha
15. Om Kaanti/Gamyaayai Namaha
16. Om Kathankaara/Vinirmuktaayai Namaha
17. Om Karpoora/Mayyai Namaha
18. Om Kartaryai Namaha
19. Om Kaalinyai Namaha
20. Om Kaartikyai Namaha
21. Om Kaartika/Aaraadhyaayai Namaha
22. Om Karpoora/Maatre Namaha
23. Om Ketakee/Bharana/Anvitaayai Namaha
24. Om Krityaayai Namaha
25. Om Kanakaayai Namaha
26. Om Keertyai Namaha
27. Om Kaamsya/Paatra/Prabhojinyai Namaha
28. Om Kaamsya/Dhvani/Mayyai Namaha
29. Om Kaala/Chakra/Manobhavaayai Namaha
30. Om Kaanchee/Noopura/Bhooshaa/Aadhyaayai Namaha
31. Om Kaasha/Pushpa/Prateekaashaayai Namaha
32. Om Kalpaanta/Dahanaayai Namaha
33. Om Kaala/Maatre Namaha
34. Om Kaala/Ghoraayai Namaha
35. Om Kaala/Rataayai Namaha
36. Om Kaala/Poojyaayai Namaha
37. Om Kaarmana/Aakaaraayai Namaha
38. Om Kaantaara/Priya/Vaasinyai Namaha
39. Om Kaala/Veeraayai Namaha
40. Om Kaameshee/Poojana/Udyataayai Namaha
41. Om Kaarana/Varaayai Namaha
42. Om Kaashyapyai Namaha
43. Om Kaashyapa/Aaraadhyaayai Namaha
44. Om Kaashyapa/Aananda/Daayinyai Namaha
45. Om Kaala/Anala/Sama/Prabhaayai Namaha
46. Om Kaala/Siddhaayai Namaha
47. Om Kaadeva/Poojaa/Nirataayai Namaha
48. Om Kaarya/Kaarinyai Namaha
49. Om Kaarmanaayai Namaha
50. Om Kunkuma/Aabharana/Anvitaayai Namaha
51. Om Kaama/Kaarmana/Kaarinyai Namaha
52. Om Kaashmeera/Aachaara/Tatparaayai Namaha
53. Om Kaakinyai Namaha
54. Om Kaarana/Aahvaanaayai Namaha
55. Om Kaavya/Amritaayai Namaha
56. Om Kaalingaayai Namaha
57. Om Kaarana/Antaraayai Namaha
58. Om Kaayai Namaha
59. Om Kamala/Architaayai Namaha
60. Om Kaala/Kaalikaayai Namaha
61. Om Kaala/Aguru/Pratarpanaayai Namaha
62. Om Kaarana/Daayai Namaha
63. Om Kaaveree/Teera/Vaasinyai Namaha
64. Om Kaala/Chakra/Bhrama/Aakaaraayai Namaha
65. Om Kaala/Chakra/Nivaasinyai Namaha
66. Om Kaananaayai Namaha
67. Om Kaanana/Aadhaaraayai Namaha
68. Om Kaarshyai Namaha
69. Om Kaarunikaa/Mayyai Namaha
70. Om Kaampilya/Vaasinyai Namaha
71. Om Kaashthaayai Namaha
72. Om Kaadikaayai Namaha
73. Om Kaala/Chakraayai Namaha
74. Om Kaadambaryai Namaha
75. Om Kalaayai Namaha
76. Om Kaama/Vandyaayai Namaha
77. Om Kaameshyai Namaha
78. Om Kamalaayai Namaha
79. Om Kaantaayai Namaha
80. Om Kaadambaree/Paana/Rataayai Namaha
81. Om Kaama/Kautuka/Sundaryai Namaha
82. Om Kaambojaayai Namaha
83. Om Kaanchi/Nadaayai Namaha
84. Om Kaamsya/Kaanchana/Kaarinyai Namaha
85. Om Kaaryaayai Namaha
86. Om Kaancha/Bhoomyai Namaha
87. Om Kaama/Keertyai Namaha
88. Om Kaama/Keshyai Namaha
89. Om Kaarikaayai Namaha
90. Om Kaantaara/Aashrayaayai Namaha
91. Om Kaama/Bhedyai Namaha
92. Om Kaama/Aarti/Naashinyai Namaha
93. Om Kaama/Bhoomikaayai Namaha
94. Om Kaala/Nirnaashinyai Namaha
95. Om Kaavya/Vanitaayai Namaha
96. Om Kaama/Roopinyai Namaha
97. Om Kaayasthaa/Kaama/Sandeeptyai Namaha
98. Om Kaavya/Daayai Namaha
99. Om Kaala/Sundaryai Namaha
100. Om Karaveera/Pushpa/Sthitaayai Namaha
101. Om Kaala/Daayai Namaha
102. Om Kaadi/Maatre Namaha
103. Om Kaalanjara/Nivaasinyai Namaha
104. Om Kaala/Buddhyai Namaha
105. Om Kaala/Vriddhyai Namaha
106. Om Kaaraagriha/Vimochinyai Namaha
107. Om Kaadi/Vidyaayai Namaha
108. Om Kaala/Anjana/Samaakaaraayai Namaha
Iti Shree Kaatyaayanee Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
The Katyayani Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a list of 108 names of Katyayani Devi, the sixth form of Durga, worshipped on the sixth day of Navaratri. She is the warrior Mother, born as the daughter of the sage Katyayana, who killed Mahishasura. The namavali opens with Om Kaatyaayanyai Namaha and Om Kaatyaayai Namaha, both forms of her own name, followed by Om Kaartikeyaayai Namaha.
Significance
All 108 names start with the sound "K", and many are built on "Kaala", meaning time. These names present her as the one who rules time and stands beyond it, as in Om Kaalachakraayai Namaha, "the wheel of time", and Om Kalpaantadahanaayai Namaha, "the one who burns all at the end of an age". They suit the fierce Goddess whose sloka calls her the slayer of the danavas.
Beside these fierce names are gentle ones. Om Kaarunikaamayyai Namaha means the one full of compassion. Om Kamalaarchitaayai Namaha means the one worshipped with lotuses, and she holds a lotus in one of her four hands. Om Kaaraagrihavimochinyai Namaha means the one who frees people from prison, a name devotees often take as release from whatever binds them. Names like Om Kaashyapaaaraadhyaayai Namaha, "the one worshipped by Kashyapa", recall that sages were among her first devotees, just as the sage Katyayana was.
How and when to chant
The natural time to chant this namavali is on the sixth day of Navaratri, Ashvayuja Shukla Shashthi, 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. Red flowers, especially roses, are offered to her. Sweet pongal is a popular naivedya. A steady recitation takes about ten minutes. A namavali needs no initiation, so anyone can chant it with devotion.
To read how she was born to the sage Katyayana and defeated Mahishasura, see the story of Katyayani Devi.
Frequently asked questions
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