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Sri Matsya ( Makaaraadi) Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Matsyaaya Namah
2. Om Mahaalayaambodhi Sanchaarine Namah
3. Om Manupaalakaaya Namah
4. Om Maheenaukaaprishthadeshaaya Namah
5. Om Mahaasuravinaashanaaya Namah
6. Om Mahaamnaayaganaahartre Namah
7. Om Mahaneeyagunaadbhutaaya Namah
8. Om Maraalavaahavyasanachchhetre Namah
9. Om Mathitasaagaraaya Namah
10. Om Mahaasatvaaya Namah
11. Om Mahaayaadoganabhuje Namah
12. Om Madhuraakritaye Namah
13. Om Mandollunthanasankshubdhasindhu Bhangahatordhvakhaaya Namah
14. Om Mahaashayaaya Namah
15. Om Mahaadheeraaya Namah
16. Om Mahaushadhisamuddharaaya Namah
17. Om Mahaayashase Namah
18. Om Mahaanandaaya Namah
19. Om Mahaatejase Namah
20. Om Mahaavapushe Namah
21. Om Maheepankaprishatprishthaaya Namah
22. Om Mahaakalpaarnavahradaaya Namah
23. Om Mitrashubhraamshuvalaya Netraaya Namah
24. Om Mukhamahaanabhase Namah
25. Om Mahaalakshmeenetraroopa Garva Sarvankashaakritaye Namah
26. Om Mahaamaayaaya Namah
27. Om Mahaabhootapaalakaaya Namah
28. Om Mrityumaarakaaya Namah
29. Om Mahaajavaaya Namah
30. Om Mahaaprichchhachchhinna Meenaadi Raashikaaya Namah
31. Om Mahaatalatalaaya Namah
32. Om Martyalokagarbhaaya Namah
33. Om Marutpataye Namah
34. Om Marutpatisthaanaprishthaaya Namah
35. Om Mahaadevasabhaajitaaya Namah
36. Om Mahendraadyakhila Praani Maaranaaya Namah
37. Om Mriditaakhilaaya Namah
38. Om Manomayaaya Namah
39. Om Maananeeyaaya Namah
40. Om Manassvine Namah
41. Om Maanavardhanaaya Namah
42. Om Maneeshimaanasaambhodhi Shaayine Namah
43. Om Manuvibheeshanaaya Namah
44. Om Mridugarbhaaya Namah
45. Om Mrigaankaabhaaya Namah
46. Om Mrigyapaadaaya Namah
47. Om Mahodaraaya Namah
48. Om Mahaakartarikaapuchchhaaya Namah
49. Om Manodurgamavaibhavaaya Namah
50. Om Maneeshine Namah
51. Om Madhyarahitaaya Namah
52. Om Mrishaajanmane Namah
53. Om Mritavyayaaya Namah
54. Om Moghetaroru Sankalpaaya Namah
55. Om Mokshadaayine Namah
56. Om Mahaagurave Namah
57. Om Mohaasangasamujjrimbhatsachchidaananda Vigrahaaya Namah
58. Om Mohakaaya Namah
59. Om Mohasamhartre Namah
60. Om Mohadooraaya Namah
61. Om Mahodayaaya Namah
62. Om Mohitottoritamanave Namah
63. Om Mochitaashritakashmalaaya Namah
64. Om Maharshinikarastutyaaya Namah
65. Om Manujnyaanopadeshikaaya Namah
66. Om Maheenaubandhanaaheendrarajju Baddhaikashringakaaya Namah
67. Om Mahaavaatahatorveenaustambhanaaya Namah
68. Om Mahimaakaraaya Namah
69. Om Mahaambudhitarangaaptasaikatee Bhoota Vigrahaaya Namah
70. Om Maraalavaahanidraanta Saakshine Namah
71. Om Madhunishoodanaaya Namah
72. Om Mahaabdhivasanaaya Namah
73. Om Mattaaya Namah
74. Om Mahaamaarutaveejitaaya Namah
75. Om Mahaakaashaalayaaya Namah
76. Om Moorchhattamombudhikritaaplavaaya Namah
77. Om Mriditaabdaarivibhavaaya Namah
78. Om Mushitapraanichetanaaya Namah
79. Om Mriduchittaaya Namah
80. Om Madhuravaache Namah
81. Om Mrishtakaamaaya Namah
82. Om Maheshvaraaya Namah
83. Om Maraalavaahasvaapaanta Dattavedaaya Namah
84. Om Mahaakritaye Namah
85. Om Maheeshlishtaaya Namah
86. Om Maheenaadhaaya Namah
87. Om Marunmaalaamahaamanaye Namah
88. Om Maheebhaarapareehartre Namah
89. Om Mahaashaktaye Namah
90. Om Mahodayaaya Namah
91. Om Mahanmahate Namah
92. Om Magnalokaaya Namah
93. Om Mahaashaantaye Namah
94. Om Mahanmahase Namah
95. Om Mahaavedaabdhisanchaarine Namah
96. Om Mahaatmane Namah
97. Om Mohitaatmabhuve Namah
98. Om Mantrasmritibhramshahetave Namah
99. Om Mantrakrite Namah
100. Om Mantrashevadhaye Namah
101. Om Mantramantraartha Tattvajnyaaya Namah
102. Om Mantraarthaaya Namah
103. Om Mantradaivataaya Namah
104. Om Mantroktakaaripranayine Namah
105. Om Mantraraashiphalapradaaya Namah
106. Om Mantrataatparyavishayaaya Namah
107. Om Manomantraadyagocharaaya Namah
108. Om Mantraarthavitkritakshemaaya Namah
Iti Shree Matsya Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The Sri Matsya Ashtottara Shatanamavali gives 108 names of Matsya, the fish form that is the first of Vishnu's ten avataras. Its title says makaradi, and that is its signature: every name starts with the syllable ma. Keeping to that rule produces some very long compound names, but each one packs in a scene from the Matsya story.
The flood and Manu
The opening names set the scene. Mahalayambodhi Sancharine is the one who moves through the ocean of the great dissolution, and Manupalaka is the protector of Manu. Mahinaukaprishthadesha pictures the earth as a boat riding on his back, and a later name describes that boat tied to his single horn with the serpent king as rope. Manujnanopadeshika recalls the teaching he gave Manu while the waters rose. The Bhagavata Purana tells this story in its eighth book.
The Vedas restored
The second thread is the Vedas. Mahamnayaganahartre is the one who recovered them, and Maralavahasvapanta Dattaveda the one who returned them to Brahma when he woke. That is why the list ends with a cluster of mantra names, Mantrakrit, Mantrashevadhi, Mantradaivata, calling Matsya the treasure and meaning of the mantras.
It is chanted on Matsya Jayanti, Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, and in Dashavatara puja. The long compounds are easier if you break them at word boundaries on a first reading.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the Matsya Ashtottara called a makaradi namavali?
Where does the flood boat story appear in the Matsya 108 names?
Which Matsya Ashtottaram names refer to the rescue of the Vedas?
Why do so many names near the end of the Matsya namavali contain the word mantra?
On which day is the Matsya Ashtottara Shatanamavali specially chanted?
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