Vakaaraadi Sri Varaha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Varaahaaya Namah
2. Om Varadaaya Namah
3. Om Vandyaaya Namah
4. Om Varenyaaya Namah
5. Om Vasudevajaaya Namah
6. Om Vashatkaaraaya Namah
7. Om Vasunidhaye Namah
8. Om Vasudhoddharanaaya Namah
9. Om Vasave Namah
10. Om Vasudevaaya Namah
11. Om Vasumateedamshtraaya Namah
12. Om Vasumateepriyaaya Namah
13. Om Vanadhistomaromaandhave Namah
14. Om Vajraromne Namah
15. Om Vadaavadaaya Namah
16. Om Valakshaangaaya Namah
17. Om Vashyavishvaaya Namah
18. Om Vasudhaadharasannibhaaya Namah
19. Om Vanajodaradurvaaravishaadadhvamsanodayaaya Namah
20. Om Valgatsataajaatavaatadhootajeemootasamhataye Namah
21. Om Vajradamshtraagravichchhinnahiranyaakshadharaadharaaya Namah
22. Om Vashishtaadyarshinikarastooyamaanaaya Namah
23. Om Vanaayanaaya Namah
24. Om Vanajaasanarudrendraprasaadita Mahaashayaaya Namah
25. Om Varadaanavinirdhootabrahmabraahmanasamshayaaya Namah
26. Om Vallabhaaya Namah
27. Om Vasudhaahaarirakshobalanishoodanaaya Namah
28. Om Vajrasaarakhuraaghaatadalitaabdhirasaahipaaya Namah
29. Om Valadvaalotkataatopadhvastabrahmaandakarparaaya Namah
30. Om Vadanaantargataayaatabrahmaandashvaasapaddhataye Namah
31. Om Varchasvine Namah
32. Om Varadamshtraagrasamunmeelitadiktataaya Namah
33. Om Vanajaasananaasaantarhamsavaahaavarohitaaya Namah
34. Om Vanajaasanadrikpadmavikaasaadbhutabhaaskaraaya Namah
35. Om Vasudhaabhramaraaroodhadamshtraapadmaagrakesaraaya Namah
36. Om Vasudhaadhoomamashikaa Ramyadamshtraapradeepakaaya Namah
37. Om Vasudhaasahasrapatramrinaalaayita Damshtrikaaya Namah
38. Om Vasudhendeevaraakraantadamshtraachandrakalaanchitaaya Namah
39. Om Vasudhaabhaajanaalambadamshtraarajatayashtikaaya Namah
40. Om Vasudhaabhoodharaavedhi Damshtraasoocheekritaadbhutaaya Namah
41. Om Vasudhaasaagaraahaaryalokalokapadhridradaaya Namah
42. Om Vasudhaavasudhaahaarirakshodhrichchhringayugmakaaya Namah
43. Om Vasudhaadhassamaalambinaalastambha Prakampanaaya Namah
44. Om Vasudhaachchhatrarajatadandachchhringamanoharaaya Namah
45. Om Vatamseekritamandaaraaya Namah
46. Om Valaksheekritabhootalaaya Namah
47. Om Varadeekritavrittaantaaya Namah
48. Om Vasudheekritasaagaraaya Namah
49. Om Vashyamaayaaya Namah
50. Om Varagunakriyaadhaaraaya Namah
51. Om Varaabhithaaya Namah
52. Om Varunaalayavaastavyajantuvidraavighurghuraaya Namah
53. Om Varunaalayavichchhetre Namah
54. Om Varunaadiduraasadaaya Namah
55. Om Vanajaasanasantaanaavanajaata Mahaakripaaya Namah
56. Om Vatsalaaya Namah
57. Om Vahnivadanaaya Namah
58. Om Varaahavamayaaya Namah
59. Om Vasave Namah
60. Om Vanamaaline Namah
61. Om Vandivedaaya Namah
62. Om Vayasthaaya Namah
63. Om Vanajodaraaya Namah
64. Om Vedatvache Namah
65. Om Vedavide Namah
66. Om Vedine Namah
67. Om Vedavaadine Namah
68. Om Vedavedaangatattvajnyaaya Namah
69. Om Vedamoortaye Namah
70. Om Vedavidvedya Vibhavaaya Namah
71. Om Vedeshaaya Namah
72. Om Vedarakshanaaya Namah
73. Om Vedaantasindhusanchaarine Namah
74. Om Vedadooraaya Namah
75. Om Vedaantasindhumadhyasthaachaloddhartre Namah
76. Om Vitaanakrite Namah
77. Om Vitaaneshaaya Namah
78. Om Vitaanaangaaya Namah
79. Om Vitaanaphaladaaya Namah
80. Om Vibhave Namah
81. Om Vitaanabhaavanaaya Namah
82. Om Vishvabhaavanaaya Namah
83. Om Vishvaroopadhrite Namah
84. Om Vishvadamshtraaya Namah
85. Om Vishvagarbhaaya Namah
86. Om Vishvagaaya Namah
87. Om Vishvasammataaya Namah
88. Om Vedaaranyacharaaya Namah
89. Om Vaamadevaadimrigasamvritaaya Namah
90. Om Vishvaatikraantamahimne Namah
91. Om Vanyabhoopataye Namah
92. Om Vaikunthakolaaya Namah
93. Om Vikunthaleelaaya Namah
94. Om Vilayasindhugaaya Namah
95. Om Vaptahkabalitaajaandaaya Namah
96. Om Vegavate Namah
97. Om Vishvapaavanaaya Namah
98. Om Vipashchidaashayaaranyapunyasphoortaye Namah
99. Om Vishrinkhalaaya Namah
100. Om Vishvadrohikshayakaraaya Namah
101. Om Vishvaadhikamahaabalaaya Namah
102. Om Veeryasindhave Namah
103. Om Vivadbandhave Namah
104. Om Viyatsindhutarangitaaya Namah
105. Om Vyaadattavidveshisattvamustaaya Namah
106. Om Vishvagunaambudhaye Namah
107. Om Vishvamangalakaantaarakrita Leelaavihaaraaya Namah
108. Om Vishvamangaladottungakarunaapaangaaya Namah
Iti Vakaaraadi Shree Varaaha Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
In the Vakaaraadi Sri Varaha Ashtottara Shatanamavali every one of the 108 names begins with the syllable va, which gives the list its name. It opens with om varahaya namah and closes with om vishvamangaladottunga karunapangaya namah, the one whose glance of compassion brings blessing to the world.
The rescue of the earth
The early names retell the Varaha avatara. Vasudhoddharana is the one who lifted the earth. Vajradamshtragra vicchinna hiranyaksha dharadhara praises him for cutting down Hiranyaksha with the tip of his diamond-hard tusk. Another name says he is praised by Vasishtha and the other sages.
The earth on the tusk
A long run of names starting with vasudha plays with images of the earth resting on his tusk. In one the earth is a thousand-petalled lotus and the tusk is its stalk. In another the tusk is a crescent moon set against the earth as a blue lily.
Lord of the Vedas and of sacrifice
Later names call him vedatvak, whose skin is the Veda, and vedarakshana, protector of the Vedas. Names such as vitanakrit and vitanaphalada use vitana, the sacrifice, presenting Varaha as the yajna itself. Near the end he is vaikunthakola, the boar of Vaikuntha.
The namavali is used for archana on Varaha Jayanti, in worship connected with land, and at Varaha shrines such as Srimushnam and the Varaha Swami temple at Tirumala.
Frequently asked questions
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