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1. Om Gurave Namah
2. Om Gunavaraaya Namah
3. Om Goptre Namah
4. Om Gocharaaya Namah
5. Om Gopatipriyaaya Namah
6. Om Gunine Namah
7. Om Gunavataamshreshthaaya Namah
8. Om Guroonaam Guruve Namah
9. Om Avyayaaya Namah
10. Om Jetre Namah
11. Om Jayantaaya Namah
12. Om Jayadaaya Namah
13. Om Jeevaaya Namah
14. Om Anantaaya Namah
15. Om Jayaavahaaya Namah
16. Om Aangeerasaaya Namah
17. Om Adhvaraasaktaaya Namah
18. Om Viviktaaya Namah
19. Om Girvaanaposhakaaya
20. Om Dhanyaaya Namah
21. Om Geeshpataye Namah
22. Om Girishaaya Namah
23. Om Anaghaaya Namah
24. Om Brihadrathaaya Namah
25. Om Brihadbhaanave Namah
26. Om Dheevaraaya Namah
27. Om Dheeshanaaya Namah
28. Om Divyabhooshanaaya Namah
29. Om Devapoojitaaya Namah
30. Om Dhanurdharaaya Namah
31. Om Daityahantre Namah
32. Om Dayaasaaraaya Namah
33. Om Dayakaraaya Namah
34. Om Daaridryanaashakaaya Namah
35. Om Dhanyaaya Namah
36. Om Dakshinaayana Sambhavaaya Namah
37. Om Dhanurmeenaadhipaaya Namah
38. Om Devaaya Namah
39. Om Adhvaratatparaaya Namah
40. Om Vaachaspataye Namah
41. Om Vashine Namah
42. Om Vashyaaya Namah
43. Om Varishthaaya Namah
44. Om Vaagvichakshanaaya
45. Om Chittashuddhikaraaya Namah
46. Om Shreemate Namah
47. Om Chaitraaya Namah
48. Om Chitrashikhandijaaya Namah
49. Om Brihaspataye Namah
50. Om Abheeshtadaaya Namah
51. Om Suraachaaryaaya Namah
52. Om Suraaraadhyaaya Namah
53. Om Surakaaryahitankaraaya Namah
54. Om Dhanurbaanadharaaya Namah
55. Om Haraye Namah
56. Om Sadaanandaaya Namah
57. Om Satyasandhaaya Namah
58. Om Satyasajnykalpamaanasaaya Namah
59. Om Sarvaagamajnyaaya Namah
60. Om Sarvajnyaaya Namah
61. Om Sarvavedaantavidvaraaya Namah
62. Om Brahmaputraaya Namah
63. Om Braahmaneshaaya Namah
64. Om Brahmavidyaavishaaradaaya Namah
65. Om Samaanaadhikanirmuktaaya Namah
66. Om Sarvalokavashamvadaaya Namah
67. Om Sasuraasuragandharva Vanditaaya Namah
68. Om Angeerah Kulasambhavaaya Namah
69. Om Sindhudesha Adhipaaya Namah
70. Om Hemabhooshanabhooshitaayai Namah
71. Om Satyabhaashanaaya Namah
72. Om Lokatrayagurave Namah
73. Om Sarvapaaya Namah
74. Om Sarvatovibhave Namah
75. Om Sarveshaaya Namah
76. Om Sarvadaahrishtaaya Namah
77. Om Sarvagaaya Namah
78. Om Sarvapoojitaaya Namah
79. Om Akrodhanaaya Namah
80. Om Munishreshthaaya Namah
81. Om Neetikartre Namah
82. Om Jagatpitre Namah
83. Om Vishvaatmane Namah
84. Om Vishvakartre Namah
85. Om Vishvayonaye Namah
86. Om Ayonijaaya Namah
87. Om Bhoorbhuvaaya Namah
88. Om Dhanadaatre Namah
89. Om Bhartre Namah
90. Om Jeevaaya Namah
91. Om Mahaabalaaya Namah
92. Om Kaashyapeyaaya Namah
93. Om Dayaavate Namah
94. Om Shubhalakshanaaya Namah
95. Om Abheeshtaphaladaaya Namah
96. Om Devaasurasupoojitaaya Namah
97. Om Aachaaryaaya Namah
98. Om Daanavaaraye Namah
99. Om Suramantrine Namah
100. Om Purohitaaya Namah
101. Om Kaalajnyaaya Namah
102. Om Kaalarigvettre Namah
103. Om Chittagaaya Namah
104. Om Prajaapataye Namah
105. Om Vishnave Namah
106. Om Krishnaaya Namah
107. Om Sookshmaaya Namah
108. Om Pratidevojjvalagrahaaya Namah
Iti Shree Guru Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
One hundred and eight names of Brihaspati, the Guru among the grahas, opening Om Gurave Namah. He is older than the planet: in the Rigveda he appears as Brahmanaspati, lord of prayer and of the word that makes a rite work. The Puranas make him the son of Angiras and the acharya of the devas, set against Shukracharya on the other side. His names circle teaching, dharma, and the authority that comes from knowing rather than from force.
Significance
Guru is the graha of expansion and of good judgment. Jyotisha reads him for children, for learning, for dharma and for the counsel a person is able to give and to take; in traditional matching for a woman's chart he is read for the husband, and guru bala — Jupiter's strength at a given time — is checked before fixing a marriage or an upanayana. That is the practical reason the namavali is recited so widely: a marriage that will not settle, a couple hoping for a child, a student beginning serious study, an elder worried about the direction a family is drifting. Tradition holds that Brihaspati worshipped on his own day steadies discernment. In Karnataka the day itself carries a second layer — Thursday is guru day, and the bhajan halls of the Raghavendra Swamy mathas fill up on Thursday evening whether or not anyone is thinking about the planet.
How and when to chant
Thursday morning, in yellow: yellow flowers, turmeric, yellow cloth, chana dal — kadale bele — which is Guru's grain in the navadhanya, and a banana as naivedya. Yellow sapphire is his stone. Many households pour turmeric water at the foot of a banana plant on Thursday and do the archana after. Offer a flower or a grain of chana at each name and close with a lamp. People often keep it for a fixed run of Thursdays, and those in a Guru mahadasha or waiting on a marriage begin on the first Thursday after the sankalpa is made.
Frequently asked questions
Which guru is the Sri Guru Ashtottara Shatanamavali addressed to?
What does Dhanurminadhipa mean in the Guru Ashtottara?
What do the Guru Ashtottara names say about Brihaspati's lineage?
Which names in the Guru Ashtottara call Brihaspati the lord of speech?
Why is the Brihaspati Ashtottara read on Thursdays?
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