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Sri Ardhanareeshwara Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Chaamundikaayai Namah
2. Om Ambaayai Namah
3. Om Shree Kantaayai Namah
4. Om Shree Paarvatyai Namah
5. Om Shree Parameshvaryai Namah
6. Om Shree Mahaaraajnye Namah
7. Om Shree Mahaa Devaayai Namah
8. Om Shree Sadaaraadhyaayai Namah
9. Om Shree Shivaayai Namah
10. Om Shree Shivaardaangaayai Namah
11. Om Shree Shivaardhangobhairavyai Namah
12. Om Shree Kaalabhairavyai Namah
13. Om Shaktyai Namah
14. Om Tritayaroopaadyaayai Namah
15. Om Moortitritayaroopaayai Namah
16. Om Kaamakotisupeetasthaayai Namah
17. Om Kaasheekshetrasamaashrayaayai Namah
18. Om Daakshaayanyai Namah
19. Om Dakshavailyaivairye Namah
20. Om Shoolinyai Namah
21. Om Shoola Dhaarinyai Namah
22. Om Hreem Kaarinyai Namah
23. Om Panjarasukhiyai Namah
24. Om Hari Shankararoopaayai Namah
25. Om Shree Madhgeneshajananyai Namah
26. Om Shadaananaayai Namah
27. Om Sujanmabhoomyai Namah
28. Om Namah Chandamunda Shirashchetyai Namah
29. Om Jalandhashiroharyai Namah
30. Om Simhavaahanaayai Namah
31. Om Vrishaaroodaayai Namah
32. Om Shyaamabhaayai Namah
33. Om Spatikaprabhaayai Namah
34. Om Mahishaasura Samhaaryai Namah
35. Om Gajaasuravimardinyai Namah
36. Om Mahaabalaayai Namah
37. Om Chalaavaasaayai Namah
38. Om Mahaakailaasa Vaasabhuvai Namah
39. Om Bhadrakaalyai Namah
40. Om Veerabhadraayai Namah
41. Om Meenaakshe Namah
42. Om Sundareshvaryai Namah
43. Om Bhandaasuraadi Samhaaryai Namah
44. Om Dushtaao Dhaka Vimardinyai Namah
45. Om Madhukaitabha Samhaaryai Namah
46. Om Madhuraapura Naayakaayai Namah
47. Om Kaalatrayasvaroopaadyaayai Namah
48. Om Girijaataayi Namah
49. Om Gireeshashchye namah
50. Om Vaishnavyai Namah
51. Om Vishnu Vallabhaayi Namah
52. Om Vishaalaakshye Namah
53. Om Vishvanaadhaayai Namah
54. Om Pushpaastraayai Namah
55. Om Vishnumaarga Nye Namah
56. Om Kustumbhavasanopetaayai Namah
57. Om Vyaagracharmaambaraavritaayai Namah
58. Om Moolaprakriti Roopaadyaayai Namah
59. Om Parabrahmasvaroopinyai Namah
60. Om Undamaalaavibhooshaadyaayai Namah
61. Om Lasadrudraakshamaalikaayai Namah
62. Om Manoroopekshu Kodandaayai Namah
63. Om Mahaamerudhanurjaraayi Namah
64. Om Chandrachoodaayai Namah
65. Om Chandramaulyai Namah
66. Om Mahaamaayaayai Namah
67. Om Maheshvaraayai Namah
68. Om Divyaroopaayai Namah
69. Om Digambaraayai Namah
70. Om Bindupeetaayai Namah
71. Om Sukhaaseenaayai Namah
72. Om Shree Mat_om Kaarapeetaayai Namah
73. Om Haridraakunkumaliptaayai Namah
74. Om Dhasmodhoolitavigrahaayai Namah
75. Om Mahaa Padmaata Veelolaayai Namah
76. Om Mahaa Bilvaatavee Priyaayai Namah
77. Om Sudaamayaayai Namah
78. Om Vishadharaayai Namah
79. Om Maatangyai Namah
80. Om Makuteshvaryai Namah
81. Om Vedavedyaayai Namah
82. Om Chakreshvaryai Namah
83. Om Vishnu Chakraayai Namah
84. Om Jaganmayaayai Namah
85. Om Jagat Roopaayai Namah
86. Om Mridaanyai Namah
87. Om Mrityunaashanaayai Namah
88. Om Raamaarpitaayai Namah
89. Om Padaambojaayai Namah
90. Om Krishna Putraayai Namah
91. Om Varapradaayai Namah
92. Om Raamaavaanye Namah
93. Om Susanka Sevyaayai Namah
94. Om Vishnu Brahma Su Sevitaayai Namah
95. Om Tesastrayavilochaanaayai Namah
96. Om Chidagnigundasambhootaayai Namah
97. Om Mahaa Linga Samudbhavaayai Namah
98. Om Kambukantyai Namah
99. Om Kaalakantyai Namah
100. Om Vajreshvaryai Namah
101. Om Vakrapoojitaayai Namah
102. Om Trikantakee Namah
103. Om Tri Bhangeeshaayai Namah
104. Om Bhasmarakshaasmaraantakaayai Namah
105. Om Hayagreevaa Varoddaatre Namah
106. Om Maarkhandeya Varapradaayai Namah
107. Om Chintaamanyai Namah
108. Om Grihaavaasaaya Namah
Iti Shree Ardhanareeshvaree Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
This namavali is addressed to the feminine half of Ardhanarishvara, the form in which Shiva and Parvati share a single body. Every name is in the feminine, and it opens not with Shiva but with Om Chamundikayai namah, Om Ambayai namah, calling first on the Goddess as Chamundi and as Mother. Soon the list names her Shivardhanga, the one who is half of Shiva's body, and Hari Shankara Rupa, the one in whom Vishnu and Shiva meet. Fierce and tender images sit side by side. She is Kalabhairavi and Shulini, bearer of the trident, and in the same stretch she is the mother of Ganesha and of the six-faced Shanmukha.
Significance
Ardhanarishvara is the clearest picture the tradition offers of Shiva and Shakti as one reality with two faces: Shiva as pure consciousness, Shakti as the power that acts. Read this way, the hymn is a lesson in that oneness, the meeting of Purusha and Prakriti that holds creation in balance. The names also gather up her seats and her deeds, from the Kamakoti peetha and Kashi to her two mounts, the lion and the bull (Simhavahana, Vrisharudha), a quiet reminder that each half keeps its own vehicle. Because the form stands for the ideal bond between husband and wife, couples chant it for harmony and understanding at home, and tradition holds that it steadies a restless mind and clears obstacles.
How and when to chant
Monday, the pradosha hour at dusk, and Maha Shivaratri are the natural times, since this is worship of Shiva and Parvati together. It is also read during Navaratri by those who approach the Devi through the Shiva-Shakti form. After bathing, sit before an image of Ardhanarishvara, or a Shiva linga with the Devi's picture beside it, and offer bilva leaves for the Shiva half and kumkuma or red flowers for the Devi half as each name is spoken. Husband and wife reciting it together on a Monday evening, with a single lamp lit between them, is a simple and fitting practice.
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