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Sri Narasimha (Nakaaradi) Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Narasimhaya Namah
2. Om Naraya Namah
3. Om Narasrashtre Namah
4. Om Narayanaya Namah
5. Om Navaya Namah
6. Om Navetaraya Namah
7. Om Narapataye Namah
8. Om Nratmane Namah
9. Om Narachodanaya Namah
10. Om Nakhinnaswarnasayya Namah
11. Om Nakhadamshtravi Namah
12. Om Nadbitadishanagaya Namah
13. Om Nantavyaya Namah
14. Om Nakharayudhaya Namah
15. Om Nadanirbhinnapadmandaaya Namah
16. Om Naynagnihutasuraya Namah
17. Om Natatkesarasanjatavikshiptavaridaya Namah
18. Om Nalinishasahasrabhai Namah
19. Om Natabrahmadidevataya Namah
20. Om Nabhovishwambhayayasidurvikshyavigrahaya Namah
21. Om Nishvasavatasamrambha Ghurnamanapaye Namah
22. Om Nirdrayanghriyuganyasaasadalitakshmasiddena Namah
23. Om Nizasamrambhasantrahamarudradidevataya Namah
24. Om Nirdambabhabhadimbhanitasamodayaya Namah
25. Om Nakpaladivinutaya Namah
26. Om Nakilokkamratapriyaya Namah
27. Om Nakishatrudrantradimalabhushitakandharaya Namah
28. Om Nakeshchasikrasadatrabhadhutamasaya Namah
29. Om Nakamarthyatapurnanadanisheshitadvipaya Namah
30. Om Namavidravitaashutarakshavpishachakaya Namah
31. Om Namanishrenikaruda Nijalokanjaprajaya Namah
32. Om Nalikanabhai Namah
33. Om Nagarimadhyaya Namah
34. Om Nagadhiradbhujaya Namah
35. Om Nagendradhiraya Namah
36. Om Nethrantaskhsaladanatchataia Namah
37. Om Naridurapadai Namah
38. Om Nanalokbhikaravik Namah
39. Om Nistantatmiya Sandhaya Namah
40. Om Nijaikandeya Vaibhavaya Namah
41. Om Nirvyajabhaktaprahamandal Paripalana Tatparaya Namah
42. Om Nirvandayine Namah
43. Om Nirvyajabhaktaikapayatatpadaya Namah
44. Om Nirhradamayanirgaathatatasuraradbalaya Namah
45. Om Nizapratapamartandayotikritabhaskaraya Namah
46. Om Nirikshanakshatazatirgrahatarodumandalaya Namah
47. Om Nishprapanchabranujavalarunanirikshanaya Namah
48. Om Nakhagralagnarivarrataraktarunambaraya Namah
49. Om Nisheshesharandrasiddena Namah
50. Om Nakshatrachatrachamasiddena Namah
51. Om Nirnidhra Raktotpalaya Namah
52. Om Niramitraya Namah
53. Om Nirahavaya Namah
54. Om Nirakulikritasuraya Namah
55. Om Nirnimeyaya Namah
56. Om Nirishvaraya Namah
57. Om Niruddhdashadigaya Namah
58. Om Nirastakhilakalmasaya Namah
59. Om Nigamadri Guhamadhyanirnidradbhuta Kesarine Namah
60. Om Nijanandabdinirmagnaaya Namah
61. Om Nirakasaya Namah
62. Om Niramayaya Namah
63. Om Nirahankaaravibudhakann Gocaraya Namah
64. Om Nityaya Namah
65. Om Nishkaranaya Namah
66. Om Netre Namah
67. Om Niravadyagunodadhaye Namah
68. Om Nidanaya Namah
69. Om Nistamashactia Namah
70. Om Nityatriptaya Namah
71. Om Nirashrayaya Namah
72. Om Nishpapanchaya Namah
73. Om Niralokaya Namah
74. Om Nikhilapratibhasakaya Namah
75. Om Nirudhjaniscivaya Namah
76. Om Nijavanakrataye Namah
77. Om Nikhilayudhanirghanikshatadbhutaya Namah
78. Om Nisitasijjavalajjihy Namah
79. Om Nibaddabhrukutimukhai Namah
80. Om Nagendrakandaravyatta Vaktraya Namah
81. Om Namretharmataye Namah
82. Om Nishakarakaramkur Gaurasaratanuruhaya Namah
83. Om Nathinjanazanatranaya Namah
84. Om Naradadisameeditaya Namah
85. Om Narantraya Namah
86. Om Narachittaye Namah
87. Om Narajayaya Namah
88. Om Narottamaya Namah
89. Om Naralokansaya Namah
90. Om Naranarayanaya Namah
91. Om Nabhase Namah
92. Om Natalokaparitranataya Namah
93. Om Nayakovidaya Namah
94. Om Nigamagamasakhagra Pravalacharanambujaya Namah
95. Om Nityasiddhaya Namah
96. Om Nityajayine Namah
97. Om Nithyapujyaya Namah
98. Om Nijaprabhai Namah
99. Om Nishkrishnavedatharyabhumaye Namah
100. Om Nirnitatatakaya Namah
101. Om Nityanapayilakshmikasiddena Namah
102. Om Nissreyasamayakritaye Namah
103. Om Nigammamahamaalaya Namah
104. Om Nithyathripurapriyaaya Namah
105. Om Nirmuktasheshahiyase Namah
106. Om Nirdhvandaya Namah
107. Om Nishkalaya Namah
108. Om Narine Namah
Iti Sri Narasimha Ashtottara Shathanamavali
Meaning
The Nakaradi Narasimha Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a set of 108 names in which every name starts with the syllable na. Single-letter name lists are an old device in stotra writing, and here the chosen letter is the first sound of Narasimha's own name.
The man and the Lord
The list opens with Narasimhaya, Naraya and Narayanaya, setting the half-man, half-lion form beside Narayana himself. Near the end the same idea returns in Naranarayanaya and Narottamaya.
The fierce form
From the tenth name the scene of the avatara unfolds in long compound names. Nakhabhinna-svarna-shayyaya plays on Hiranyakashipu's name: the golden couch torn by his nails. Nadabhita-dishanagaya says his roar frightened the elephants of the quarters, Nayanagni-hutasuraya that demons fell as offerings into the fire of his eyes, and another name has clouds scattered by the shaking of his mane. One name even pictures him wearing the entrails of the enemy of the gods as a garland.
Protector and the formless
In the middle comes Nirvyaja-bhakta-prahlada-paripalana-tatparaya, a reminder that the avatara happened for Prahlada. Short names follow, Nityaya, Nishkaranaya, Nirashrayaya, Nishprapanchaya, pointing to the attributeless reality behind the terrifying form. Nityanapayi-lakshmikaya, he whom Lakshmi never leaves, gives the Lakshmi Narasimha idea. The list closes with Om Narine Namah.
Devotees use these names for tulasi or flower archana on Narasimha Jayanti, on Swati nakshatra days and at dusk. The text names no author or source and carries no phala shruti.
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