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Sri Kamakshi Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Kaalakanthyai Namah
2. Om Tripuraayai Namah
3. Om Baalaayai Namah
4. Om Maayaayai Namah
5. Om Tripurasundaryai Namah
6. Om Sundaryai Namah
7. Om Saubhaagyavatyai Namah
8. Om Kleenkaaryai Namah
9. Om Sarvamangalaayai Namah
10. Om Ainkaaryai Namah
11. Om Skandajananyai Namah
12. Om Paraayai Namah
13. Om Panchadashaaksharyai Namah
14. Om Trailokyamohanaadheeshaayai Namah
15. Om Sarvaashaapooravallabhaayai Namah
16. Om Sarvasankshobhanaadheeshaayai Namah
17. Om Sarvasaubhaagyavallabhaayai Namah
18. Om Sarvaarthasaadhakaadheeshaayai Namah
19. Om Sarvarakshaakaraadhipaayai Namah
20. Om Sarvarogaharaadheeshaayai Namah
21. Om Sarvasiddhipradaadhipaayai Namah
22. Om Sarvaanandamayaadheeshaayai Namah
23. Om Yogineechakranaayikaayai Namah
24. Om Bhaktaanuraktaayai Namah
25. Om Raktaangyai Namah
26. Om Shankaraardhashareerinyai Namah
27. Om Pushpabaanekshukodandapaashaankushakaraayai Namah
28. Om Ujjvalaayai Namah
29. Om Sachchidaanandalaharyai Namah
30. Om Shreevidyaayai Namah
31. Om Parameshvaryai Namah
32. Om Anangakusumodyaanaayai Namah
33. Om Chakreshvaryai Namah
34. Om Bhuvaneshvaryai Namah
35. Om Guptaayai Namah
36. Om Guptataraayai Namah
37. Om Nityaayai Namah
38. Om Nityaklinnaayai Namah
39. Om Madadravaayai Namah
40. Om Mohinyai Namah
41. Om Paramaanandaayai Namah
42. Om Kaameshyai Namah
43. Om Taruneekalaayai Namah
44. Om Kalaavatyai Namah
45. Om Bhagavatyai Namah
46. Om Padmaraagakireetaayai Namah
47. Om Raktavastraayai Namah
48. Om Raktabhooshaayai Namah
49. Om Raktagandhaanulepanaayai Namah
50. Om Saugandhikalasadvenyai Namah
51. Om Mantrinyai Namah
52. Om Tantraroopinyai Namah
53. Om Tattvamayyai Namah
54. Om Siddhaantapuravaasinyai Namah
55. Om Shreematyai Namah
56. Om Chinmayyai Namah
57. Om Devyai Namah
58. Om Kaulinyai Namah
59. Om Paradevataayai Namah
60. Om Kaivalyarekhaayai Namah
61. Om Vashinyai Namah
62. Om Sarveshvaryai Namah
63. Om Sarvamaatrikaayai Namah
64. Om Vishnusvasre Namah
65. Om Vedamayyai Namah
66. Om Sarvasampatpradaayinyai Namah
67. Om Kinkareebhootageervaanyai Namah
68. Om Sutavaapivinodinyai Namah
69. Om Manipoorasamaaseenaayai Namah
70. Om Anaahataabjavaasinyai Namah
71. Om Vishuddhichakranilayaayai Namah
72. Om Aajnyaapadmanivaasinyai Namah
73. Om Ashtatrimshatkalaamoortyai Namah
74. Om Sushumnaadvaaramadhyagaayai Namah
75. Om Yogeeshvaramanodhyeyaayai Namah
76. Om Parabrahmasvaroopinyai Namah
77. Om Chaturbhujaayai Namah
78. Om Chandrachoodaayai Namah
79. Om Puraanaagamaroopinyai Namah
80. . Om. Omkaaryai Namah
81. Om Vimalaayai Namah
82. Om Vidyaayai Namah
83. Om Panchapranavaroopinyai Namah
84. Om Bhooteshvaryai Namah
85. Om Bhootamayyai Namah
86. Om Panchaashatpeetharoopinyai Namah
87. Om Shodashanyaasamahaaroopinyai Namah
88. Om Kaamaakshyai Namah
89. Om Dashamaatrikaayai Namah
90. Om Aadhaarashaktyai Namah
91. Om Arunaayai Namah
92. Om Lakshmyai Namah
93. Om Tripurabhairavyai Namah
94. Om Rahahpoojaasamaalolaayai Namah
95. Om Rahoyantrasvaroopinyai Namah
96. Om Trikonamadhyanilayaayai Namah
97. Om Bindumandalavaasinyai Namah
98. Om Vasukonapuraavaasaayai Namah
99. Om Dashaaradvayavaasinyai Namah
100. Om Chaturdashaarachakrasthaayai Namah
101. Om Vasupadmanivaasinyai Namah
102. Om Svaraabjapatranilayaayai Namah
103. Om Vrindatrayavaasinyai Namah
104. Om Chaturasrasvaroopaasyaayai Namah
105. Om Navachakrasvaroopinyai Namah
106. Om Mahaanityaayai Namah
107. Om Vijayaayai Namah
108. Om Shreeraajaraajeshvaryai Namah
Iti Shree Kaamaakshi Ashtottarashatanaamaavalee
Meaning
The Sri Kamakshi Ashtottara Shatanamavali gives 108 names of Kamakshi of Kanchipuram, and it reads less like a list of praises than a map of Sri Vidya worship. It opens with Kalakanthi, the consort of the dark-throated Shiva, followed by Tripura, Bala, Maya and Tripurasundari.
Seed syllables and the nine enclosures
Klimkari, Aimkari and Panchadashakshari name the Sri Vidya mantra outright. Straight after them come nine names, from Trailokyamohanadhisha to Sarvanandamayadhisha, which are the names of the nine enclosures (avaranas) of the Sri Chakra, each with the goddess as its ruler. One long name, Pushpabanekshukodanda-pashankushakara, gives her four emblems: flower arrows, sugarcane bow, noose and goad. Raktavastra and Raktagandhanulepana picture her in red cloth and red sandal paste.
The body and the diagram
In the middle of the list she is placed in the subtle body, seated in Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddhi and Ajna, moving through the Sushumna. The closing names then read the Sri Chakra from the inside out: the central triangle and bindu, the eight-angled ring, the two rings of ten, the ring of fourteen, the eight and sixteen petals, the square. Navachakrasvarupini, Mahanitya and Vijaya follow, and the list ends on Sri Rajarajeshvari.
Use
Sri Vidya practitioners use it for kumkum archana on Fridays and during Navaratri. The text names no author and has no phala shruti of its own.
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