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Sri Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Shree Shankaraachaaryavaryaaya Namah
2. Om Brahmaanandapradaayakaaya Namah
3. Om Ajnyaanatimiraadityaaya Namah
4. Om Sujnyaanaambudhichandramase Namah
5. Om Varnaashramapratishthaatre Namah
6. Om Shreemate Namah
7. Om Muktipradaayakaaya Namah
8. Om Shishyopadeshanirataaya Namah
9. Om Bhaktaabheeshtapradaayakaaya Namah
10. Om Sookshmatattvarahasyajnyaaya Namah
11. Om Kaaryaakaaryaprabodhakaaya Namah
12. Om Jnyaanamudraanchitakaraaya Namah
13. Om Shishyahrittaapahaarakaaya Namah
14. Om Parivraajaashramoddhartre Namah
15. Om Sarvatantrasvatantradhiye Namah
16. Om Advaitasthaapanaachaaryaaya Namah
17. Om Saakshaachchhankararoopadhrite Namah
18. Om Shanmatasthaapanaachaaryaaya Namah
19. Om Trayeemaargaprakaashakaaya Namah
20. Om Vedavedaantatattvajnyaaya Namah
21. Om Durvaadimatakhandanaaya Namah
22. Om Vairaagyanirataaya Namah
23. Om Shaantaaya Namah
24. Om Samsaaraarnavataarakaaya Namah
25. Om Prasannavadanaambhojaaya Namah
26. Om Paramaarthaprakaashakaaya Namah
27. Om Puraanasmritisaarajnyaaya Namah
28. Om Nityatriptaaya Namah
29. Om Mahate Namah
30. Om Shuchaye Namah
31. Om Nityaanandaaya Namah
32. Om Niraatankaaya Namah
33. Om Nissangaaya Namah
34. Om Nirmalaatmakaaya Namah
35. Om Nirmamaaya Namah
36. Om Nirahankaaraaya Namah
37. Om Vishvavandyapadaambujaaya Namah
38. Om Sattvapradhaanaaya Namah
39. Om Sadbhaavaaya Namah
40. Om Sankhyaateetagunojvalaaya Namah
41. Om Anaghaaya Namah
42. Om Saarahridayaaya Namah
43. Om Sudhiye Namah
44. Om Saarasvatapradaaya Namah
45. Om Satyaatmane Namah
46. Om Punyasheelaaya Namah
47. Om Saankhyayogavichakshanaaya Namah
48. Om Taporaashaye Namah
49. Om Mahaatejase Namah
50. Om Gunatrayavibhaagavide Namah
51. Om Kalighnaaya Namah
52. Om Kaalakarmajnyaaya Namah
53. Om Tamogunanivaarakaaya Namah
54. Om Bhagavate Namah
55. Om Bhaarateejetre Namah
56. Om Shaaradaahvaanapanditaaya Namah
57. Om Dharmaadharmavibhaagajnyaaya Namah
58. Om Lakshyabhedapradarshakaaya Namah
59. Om Naadabindukalaabhijnyaaya Namah
60. Om Yogihritpadmabhaaskaraaya Namah
61. Om Ateendriyajnyaananidhaye Namah
62. Om Nityaanityavivekavate Namah
63. Om Chidaanandaaya Namah
64. Om Chinmayaatmane Namah
65. Om Parakaayapraveshakrite Namah
66. Om Amaanushacharitraadhyaaya Namah
67. Om Kshemadaayine Namah
68. Om Kshamaakaraaya Namah
69. Om Bhavyaaya Namah
70. Om Bhadrapradaaya Namah
71. Om Bhoorimahimne Namah
72. Om Vishvaranjakaaya Namah
73. Om Svaprakaashaaya Namah
74. Om Sadaadhaaraaya Namah
75. Om Vishvabandhave Namah
76. Om Shubhodayaaya Namah
77. Om Vishaalakeertaye Namah
78. Om Vaageeshaaya Namah
79. Om Sarvalokahitotsukaaya Namah
80. Om Kailaasayaatraasampraaptachandramauliprapoojakaaya Namah
81. Om Kaanchyaam Shreechakraraajaakhyayantrasthaapanadeekshitaaya Namah
82. Om Shreechakraatmakataatankatoshitaambaamanorathaaya Namah
83. Om Shreebrahmasootropanishadbhaashyaadigranthakalpakaaya Namah
84. Om Chaturdikchaturaamnaaya Pratishthaatre Namah
85. Om Mahaamataye Namah
86. Om Dvisaptatimatochchetre Namah
87. Om Sarvadigvijayaprabhave Namah
88. Om Kaashaayavasanopetaaya Namah
89. Om Bhasmoddhoolitavigrahaaya Namah
90. Om Jnyaanaatmakaikadandaadhyaaya Namah
91. Om Kamandalulasatkaraaya Namah
92. Om Gurubhoomandalaachaaryaaya Namah
93. Om Bhagavatpaadasanjnyakaaya Namah
94. Om Vyaasasandarshanapreetaaya Namah
95. Om Rishyashringapureshvaraaya Namah
96. Om Saundaryalahareemukhyabahustotravidhaayakaaya Namah
97. Om Chatushshashtikalaabhijnyaaya Namah
98. Om Brahmaraakshasamokshadaaya Namah
99. Om Shreemanmandanamishraakhyasvayambhoojayasannutaaya Namah
100. Om Totakaachaaryasampoojyaaya Namah
101. Om Padmapaadaarchitaanghrikaaya Namah
102. Om Hastaamalakayogeendra Brahmajnyaanapradaayakaaya Namah
103. Om Sureshvaraakhyasachchishyasannyaasaashramadaayakaaya Namah
104. Om Nrisimhabhaktaaya Namah
105. Om Sadratnagarbhaherambapoojakaaya Namah
106. Om Vyaakhyaasimhaasanaadheeshaaya Namah
107. Om Jagatpoojyaaya Namah
108. Om Jagadgurave Namah
Iti Shree Aadishankaraachaarya Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The Sri Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara Shatanamavali is an archana addressed to a guru rather than a deity. Its 108 names fall roughly into two halves: the first describes Shankara's qualities as a teacher and renunciate, the second turns into a compact retelling of his life. The text does not name its author.
The teacher's qualities
An early name, Ajnana-timiradityaya, calls him the sun that clears the darkness of ignorance. Advaita-sthapanacharyaya and Shanmata-sthapanacharyaya credit him with establishing Advaita and with ordering the six modes of worship. Names such as Nityatriptaya, Nirahankaraya and Nirmamaya describe a monk free of craving and ego, while Nada-bindu-kalabhijnaya points to his command of yoga.
A life told in names
From Bharati-jetre onward the list reads like the Shankara Vijaya. One name praises his victory over Mandana Mishra, another his Kailasa pilgrimage and worship of the Chandramouli linga, another the Sri Chakra installed at Kanchi. He is honoured as author of the Brahma Sutra and Upanishad commentaries and of hymns led by the Saundarya Lahari, and as Rishyashringapureshvara, the founder at Sringeri.
Disciples and close
The four disciples Totaka, Padmapada, Hastamalaka and Sureshwara are named one after another. The list ends on Jagadgurave. Devotees recite it on Shankara Jayanti, on Guru Purnima, and before beginning Vedanta study.
Frequently asked questions
How many names are in the Sri Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara Shatanamavali, and how does it end?
Which events from Adi Shankara's life appear in his Ashtottara?
Are Shankara's four disciples named in the Shankaracharya Ashtottara?
When is the Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara traditionally recited?
What does the name Rishyashringapureshvara in the Shankara namavali refer to?
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